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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boner
Noun
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After a mug crashes to the floor, Belinda sprints off to a forest and screams.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
24 May 2025 -
That’s what motivates a scream, a 'Wubba Lubba dub-dub!’, or a burp.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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This outing mostly exists so Layla can soft-launch her new boyfriend, Cameron, a soccer coach who was raised Mormon — and also her new boobs.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
15 May 2025
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See: hair extensions, lip filler, spray tans, Botox, lash extensions, and boob jobs.—
Anneke Knot,
Glamour,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Why capuchins appear to be abducting baby howlers is still unclear, but the team examined multiple possibilities.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler.—
Marlowe Starling,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Viewers speculated whether this was a blunder, power play or something else.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Many of the nation’s biggest military blunders occurred because there wasn’t enough diversity in the armed forces.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Three states, Colorado, Maine and Illinois, unsuccessfully attempted to remove Trump from the ballot based on his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.—
Ariel Sheinberg,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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And that if American parents were told their children had to go to school on Saturdays — and for another hour each weekday — there would be riots in the streets.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Jack Schellenberg and Mateo Rivera each recovered a fumble, Noah Prince had a strip-sack fumble recovery and Lemuel Bass had an interception.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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As a junior, the 6-2, 265-pound edge rusher tore apart opposing offenses, setting an NCAA record with 24 sacks to go along with 31.5 TFLs and six forced fumbles, sparking ASU to its first winning season in six years.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Some of it comes from the ether… from the ether going after Ethan [laughs].—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Customers come and go, street merchants stop in to peddle their wares and the hair braiders bicker over clients, laugh, dance, watch African soap operas on TV and work until their fingers bleed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Algorithms are only as good as the data they’re trained on, and bias, inaccuracy or misuse can lead to serious consequences.—
Dean Leavitt,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Boner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boner. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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