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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boner
Noun
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Tall trees and a high concrete wall obscured the view and the screams of the camp so that Rudolf’s wife Hedwig and their five children – Klaus, Heidetraud, Brigitte, Hans-Jürgen and Annegret – could live shielded from the atrocities committed just feet from their door.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
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Berg’s depiction of the Mountain Meadows Massacre is disorienting, nightmarish and terrifyingly immersive, a bravura symphony of whizzing arrows and curdling screams.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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The boob tube, and the mass dumbification its name implies, is on its way back, if not already here.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Their hair was big and blond, their boobs were bigger.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Hubble the resident howler was impressed & showed her the ropes.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Body Count’s cover appears on their eighth studio album, Merciless, which features collaborations with death metal howler Corpsegrinder, Light the Torch singer Howard Jones and Soulfly vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder—that’s how cancers often start—but only in recent years has technology been sensitive enough to catalog every genetic booboo.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.—
Aaron Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Blossom Powe – 1973 Powe went to Altadena after the Watts riots in 1965.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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There’s a riot going on in Questlove’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning concert doc Summer of Soul, not least in the wardrobe department.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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One caused a fumble that edge rusher Jared Verse returned for a touchdown. Is there an equivalent schematic adjustment to slow Barkley?—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Bolton had eight tackles and forced a fumble against the Texans in Week 16.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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After a few more laughs, Reynolds turned sentimental and shared some heartfelt words about Jackman.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
25 Jan. 2025
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My wife got a good laugh out of my fleeting optimism.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jay Stahl This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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That’s not only because of the obvious inaccuracy of having scenes set in Azerbaijan or Russia with characters speaking in fluent English, but because this contributes to the stiltedness of the performances.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Boner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boner. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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