howl
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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
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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
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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
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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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