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[houl] / haʊl /




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On “All Them Horses” Mr. Kahan ably channels Mr. Vernon’s falsetto howl on a song that uses a flood as a metaphor for personal transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 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

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

They tried, but “oinkawoo” failed to convince as either a pig noise or a howl.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

In the summer, the temperature is always above 100; in the winter, the wind howls and shakes our townhouse.

From Los Angeles Times 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

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

Their bodies were heaving like laughter, but the laughs sounded more like growls and howls and snorts.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

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

“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

The boys howled as the wooden plank split, their stupid excitement splintering Pia's skin.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

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

Desperate, he led his army back across the Delaware River through a howling nor’easter on Christmas night to attack the surprised Hessian garrison at Trenton, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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

If they can be taught to stop scratching and howling, then maybe...well, maybe so can I.” He gestured with his cigar.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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