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howling

[hou-ling] / ˈhaʊ lɪŋ /














NOUN
yelling
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We know that some of those mothers are still howling for help.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

“We heard this howling, whimpering noise and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from,” one of the runners, Jamie Kirk, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 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

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

The howling wind pulled his tail taut, pinned his whiskers flat against his cheeks.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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