howl
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That message — a howl of righteous anger at state corruption and the perversion of religion to serve the nefarious agendas of cruel, power-mad men — is what makes “The Devils” sacrilegious yet not apostate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"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
Hanson let out a gleeful howl when he found one rising 2 feet above his head, representing 2 feet of growth every year since the KNP Complex fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
What she longed to do was howl with grief, long and loud.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably: inconsolable howls in infancy, classroom meltdowns in childhood, rages in adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The angry howls and popping exhaust notes came from a stable of candy-colored Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
Instead, after a moment of amazed delight, his entire audience burst into howls of laughter.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
My dad howled with laughter when I told him we were going to eat tacos with Steve Hilton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
At a Halloween dog parade in the East Village, Poppy, Thrun’s Frenchie, lay in the sun dressed as a taco while the ancestral gray wolves howled in their graves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"It's been tearing me apart, I'm so sorry," he howled, as he revealed to the remaining faithfuls that he'd always been a traitor.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
They veiled the stage in gauze on “Copy of A,” casting dozens of Reznor shadows while he strutted and howled about a despondent, depersonalized modernity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Gum Baby slapped her knee and howled with laughter.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Call off the swarms of lawyers and PR handlers, the howling about railroading and witch hunts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
We know that some of those mothers are still howling for help.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Unverified images on social media show large plumes of smoke and flames rising into the sky in daytime, with air raid sirens howling in the background.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Muharemović hit the pitch, howling in pain, and was treated on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The wind whips around us, making a howling noise and kicking up dust.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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