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as in blunder
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Recent Examples of howler
Step forward Maignan, Milan’s France international goalkeeper, with this absolute howler in the third minute of the match.
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
That story about averting her gaze at the sign of a mantled howler in Tortuguero was amazing.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
That story about averting her gaze at the sign of a mantled howler in Tortuguero was amazing.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howler
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
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What To Know Video footage circulating on social media, as well as some published by Al-Jazeera, showed houses and cars ablaze, as screams were heard in the background.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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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Pam Bondi's early Epstein flub was a symptom of trying to do too much at once, and toss some meat to the base to keep them sated.—
Tal Axelrod,
Axios,
20 May 2025
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No injuries were reported, and the NTSB found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 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
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Whether playing the lovable goof who couldn’t tell left from right, or hilariously claiming Cena was his childhood hero (despite being five years older), Killings turned even throwaway segments into Saturday Night Live-worthy skits.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
19 May 2025
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Jack Haven as Shaggy Taylor Hill/Getty Images Shaggy is really the heart of Mystery, Inc., and in order to pull off his specific mix of loveable goof and chill stoner, look no further than Haven.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2025
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And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2025
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As the ranking below indicates, most of these movies are a hoot, keeping the laughs and jolts flying like loose pillars of lumber.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Tarantino and Linklater shared a moment before the premiere screening, embracing inside the cinema before the lights went down, which drew hoots and cheers from the crowd.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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