How to Use stoat in a Sentence

stoat

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• The stoat leaped and danced for about half an hour before returning to his den for the rest of the day.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• The increase in seeds also means more rats, stoats and feral cats -- all of which pose risks to the bird.
  — Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 19 July 2019
• There was more ermine (a stoat, in its white winter coat) added.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 June 2023
• And in the 19th century, European settlers and their coterie of stoats, weasels, cats, and dogs dealt the coup de grace.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
• Invasive stoats and cats snacked on the parrots; humans hunted them for their meat and feathers, or tried to keep them as pets.
  — Claire Voon, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
• Invasive stoats and cats snacked on the parrots; humans hunted them for their meat and feathers, or tried to keep them as pets.
  — Claire Voon, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
• Shortly after the sun rose, the stoat climbed out and proceeded to put on a spectacular show.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• The goal is to rid the nation, which has no native land mammals besides bats, of feral cats, rats, possums, stoats and other predators by the year 2050.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
• Most Wanted—every last rat, weasel, ferret, possum, and stoat that has invaded the city.
  — Mara Johnson-Groh, Popular Science, 26 May 2020
• Stoat – Related to weasels, polecats and ferrets, the stoat is a small but ferocious predator.
  — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
• But last year, following a half-decade effort to reduce stoat and rat numbers, dozens of kiwis were reintroduced to the hilly farmlands of Makara.
  — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Starting in the 1800s, millions were slaughtered by nonnative predators like stoats, a mammal related to the weasel.
  — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Alpine areas that previously were just beyond a stoat’s range may be warming up enough through climate change to allow the mammals to survive.
  — Naomi Arnold, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• New Zealand has launched an ambitious plan to rid the country of predators such as rats, stoats and possums that have decimated native flora and fauna.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• Ironically, the species in New Zealand that conservationists there expect to be toughest to deal with isn’t rats, possums, or stoats – but humans.
  — Joseph Dussault, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2017
• From a playful-looking stoat to a mantis shrimp guarding its eggs, the animal subjects in the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards are captivating.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• Scientists estimate that invasive stoats, rats, and possums kill 25 million native birds in the country every year.
  — Joseph Dussault, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2017
• Higher up near the alpine regions, black pine yields to sheer granite and slate peaks, and chamois, ptarmigan, stoat and marmots peer curiously at visitors, while griffon vultures and golden eagles soar overhead.
  — Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
• New Zealand has set an ambitious goal of eradicating by 2050 all nonnative pests — including feral cats, weasel-like stoats, possums, rats and mice — that have decimated much of its unique fauna.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• By 1880, rabbits were already recognized as an ecological plague and mustelids—a family of carnivorous mammals encompassing weasels, stoats, and ferrets among others—were introduced to control their population.
  — Mara Johnson-Groh, Popular Science, 26 May 2020
• By 1880, rabbits were already recognized as an ecological plague, and mustelids—a family of carnivorous mammals encompassing weasels, stoats, and ferrets, among others—were introduced to control their population.
  — Mara Johnson-Groh, Wired, 30 May 2020

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024