boner

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boner
Noun
  • After a mug crashes to the floor, Belinda sprints off to a forest and screams.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
  • What To Know Video footage circulating on social media, as well as some published by Al-Jazeera, showed houses and cars ablaze, as screams were heard in the background.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • This outing mostly exists so Layla can soft-launch her new boyfriend, Cameron, a soccer coach who was raised Mormon — and also her new boobs.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 May 2025
  • See: hair extensions, lip filler, spray tans, Botox, lash extensions, and boob jobs.
    Anneke Knot, Glamour, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Other than toting the babies on their backs, none of the capuchins interacted with or cared for the howlers, and eventually all the infants died of starvation.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
  • Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler.
    Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Viewers speculated whether this was a blunder, power play or something else.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 27 May 2025
  • Many of the nation’s biggest military blunders occurred because there wasn’t enough diversity in the armed forces.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Three states, Colorado, Maine and Illinois, unsuccessfully attempted to remove Trump from the ballot based on his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
    Ariel Sheinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
  • And that if American parents were told their children had to go to school on Saturdays — and for another hour each weekday — there would be riots in the streets.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Jack Schellenberg and Mateo Rivera each recovered a fumble, Noah Prince had a strip-sack fumble recovery and Lemuel Bass had an interception.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
  • As a junior, the 6-2, 265-pound edge rusher tore apart opposing offenses, setting an NCAA record with 24 sacks to go along with 31.5 TFLs and six forced fumbles, sparking ASU to its first winning season in six years.
    Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • There are a lot of fun moments during the annual Big Slick weekend in Kansas City, and the laughs are shared by the celebrities who take part as well as the audience at the softball game and the gala.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
  • If a client senses that every friendly laugh and personal anecdote was just bait on the hook, the entire relationship collapses into a transaction.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Algorithms are only as good as the data they’re trained on, and bias, inaccuracy or misuse can lead to serious consequences.
    Dean Leavitt, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Editor’s Note: Please be mindful that this transcript does not go through our standard editorial process and may contain inaccuracies and grammatical errors.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
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“Boner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boner. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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