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howl

[houl] / haʊl /




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"It is a howl of pain," said one minister, reflecting that so many people in the Labour Party this weekend are hurting.

From BBC May 9, 2026

"It's okay to jump up and down and howl at the moon," he added.

From Barron's Apr. 11, 2026

We can howl about how this stuff hurts the business of up-and-coming fighters, but aging punchers grabbing late checks is a staple of the trade.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

It’s easier to howl at a classic like “Dr. Strangelove,” which mocked the leaders giddyuping the planet’s destruction, than at a present-day satire where we ourselves are the joke.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

It was deep, ragged, desperate howling, followed by a higher, sweeter, more piping sort of howl.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Loudspeakers at O-World, which has been closed to visitors since Neukgu's escape, have been blaring wolf howls and park announcements - the ones that Neukgu grew up listening to.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

"I assume full responsibility for this defeat," an ashen-faced Jospin announced, bowing out of politics to howls of dismay from supporters.

From Barron's Mar. 23, 2026

But the response that drew howls was to someone who said he had invested in all of Palihapitiya’s SPACs.

From MarketWatch Mar. 5, 2026

Karen howls in a video Kaley posted to Instagram as a teenager.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

Yips and howls echoed behind us, and I turned to see fetterlings peeling themselves off the pile to creep toward the bridge.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

By daybreak, the winds from Typhoon Fung-wong which had howled all night had died down, and people came out to see the damage.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

“Before the season began, they said, ‘The Dodgers are ruining baseball!’” manager Dave Roberts howled after L.A. steamrolled the low-payroll Brewers to clinch another NLCS.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

“What in the wide world of football are you doing?” he howled at a player.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

As the winds howled and friends called her with updates on the fire, the real estate people finished, packed up and headed out.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

Sitting up on his hind legs, the beast howled and threw the stake aside.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Aesthetes had been howling about the Freedom 250 set, a soaring, 92-foot tall structure which resembled one of those arcade machine claws in which you try and fail to grab a stuffed hippopotamus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Caspian “C-Bird” Hollywell’s wide-eyed, frenetic energy and howling vocals come up against the sweet, mournful steel pedal guitar of suit-and-tie-wearing “Razor” Ramon Santos.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

"To find wolf kills locally, ravens likely use short-range cues, like monitoring wolf behavior or listening to wolf howling," says Loretto.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

Ms McCullough said: "He was so loud. He was howling, crying and screaming."

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Poor Fig was locked in a metal cage, smothered with strange smells, and surrounded by furry howling inmates, while I sat here having breakfast.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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