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bawling

[baw-ling] / ˈbɔ lɪŋ /


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Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

“I just remember bawling all morning and just feeling so stressed,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Oscar Hartland, 16, who played Neil the Baby, left the cast "bawling their eyes out" as he performed Blackbird by The Beatles.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

But the book comes superbly to life in its character sketches, its bawling dialogue and its rugged sense of place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Charley came bawling into the yard and his face was so swollen that the tears could hardly squeeze out of his eyes.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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