howl
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Baseball has a bleak history of wealthy owners unwilling to open up their wallets when it matters most—why howl about a team that unabashedly does?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Cosmo itched so much from allergies that he constantly scratched himself raw and unleashed a howl when we were gone for too long, so loud and haunting that my neighbor thought it was a siren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"It's okay to jump up and down and howl at the moon," he added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
This ranges from shapes captured on trails or infrared cameras to a howl or witness testimony, allowing Bigfooters to hypothesise what that means about the beast's "anatomy, behaviour, sociality and levels of intelligence".
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
We were quiet until a long yip and howl echoed through the marsh.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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The film is, in part, a study in leadership, in power and its paradoxical constraints: Every unorthodox move Murashige makes meets howls of fear and confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
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
The wind howls around me and I realize how strange this place is with all these little houses, and on most days, I barely see any people.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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Pub owners, lawmakers, travel writers and travel drinkers all howled in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
“Drop” opens up with bare-bones looped beatboxing before threading in dramatic melody upon layers of synth and howled refrains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
Austin Reaves howled and bumped chests with Doncic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
“Ow!” he howled as I darted away, ducking under the back of the tablecloth, so that when he raised it to look under the table, there was no one there.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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What Howrey delivers with “Body Language” is a novel that covers all that ground while keeping the reader on the edge of their seat, alternately howling with laughter, holding their breath awaiting resolution, and weeping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
We know that some of those mothers are still howling for help.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
It begins with a very on-the-nose scene of Djokovic howling like a canis lupus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A star-struck public was howling for his inclusion, blind to the weekly evidence that he was nowhere near the player he used to be.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“It is for howling, though,” said Beowulf sagely.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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