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Recent Examples of beaver
The tribe is bringing back beavers and salmon, restoring native grasses, and repairing stream channels.
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Joseph Lee, Vox, 14 Oct. 2024
The Wild Robot filmmakers found their look when going over early concept art that had the island’s natural environment and its animals — foxes, bears, beavers, opossums and others — drawn in a painterly way.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Parts of the weapon’s leather-and-wood scabbard – and its beaver fur lining – have also survived.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Capybaras are the largest living rodents on earth and their size is twice that of a beaver.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Lee, Vox, 14 Oct. 2024
The Wild Robot filmmakers found their look when going over early concept art that had the island’s natural environment and its animals — foxes, bears, beavers, opossums and others — drawn in a painterly way.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Parts of the weapon’s leather-and-wood scabbard – and its beaver fur lining – have also survived.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Capybaras are the largest living rodents on earth and their size is twice that of a beaver.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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The eagle looked right at us before resuming its aerial assessment, hooked yellow beak ready to snag a muskrat or bluegill from the ponds below.—
Jamie Siebrase,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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Imagine a pale roly-poly the size of a muskrat wandering the seafloor.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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They’re made of silk, mink or synthetic fibers and attach to the ends of your natural lashes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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As the disease appears in more mammals—such as sea lions in South America and minks in Europe and China—experts fear that the virus is adapting to better infect and spread among mammals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps more significantly, the rabbits were not in the best of shape.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Inside the home, officers discovered the body of London; a dog, two cats and a rabbit were also found dead, WWNY-TV reported.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The report card draws on long-term population data to shed light on how otters, giant sea bass, Garibaldi fish and other animals are doing.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Catch up quick: Sea otters once populated the coast from British Columbia to Baja California, but they were nearly driven to extinction by fur traders in the late 1800s.—
Kale Williams,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot Minifigure Recreate some of Rocket’s adventures from Guardians of the Galaxy with this buildable and poseable figure of the beloved racoon.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Ledge Light Health District said that a racoon found on Cedar Drive in the town of North Stonington was tested and found to be positive for rabies on December 9, 2024.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Dec. 2024
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The 360-acre preserve is home to a variety of mammals, including bobcats, raccoons, armadillos, opossums, rabbits and foxes.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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Like most wildlife that comes to your yard, such as deer or raccoons, birds may at first be disturbed by something new, such as windchimes.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Jan. 2025
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And throughout much of Europe, this custom was associated with animals like bears, badgers and hedgehogs that were beginning to wake from winter hibernation.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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This badger, likely also drawn in by the promise of a snack, was on the prowl.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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With their larger competitors out of the way, the smaller, less numerous martens had some breathing room.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Journal Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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