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Recent Examples of chamois
The flora and fauna feature more than 1,700 plant species as well as chamois, boars and deer.
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David Unsworth, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
Some animals — like the chamois, elks, and ibexes — might descend a couple of miles from the mountaintop and spend the colder months at lower altitudes, where the weather is slightly warmer.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Most people use a standard chamois by drying one part of their body, wringing it out, then drying another part.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
Ultralight and ultra-absorbent, the swim chamois is used to quickly wick away water, and can be wrung out to near-instant dryness.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
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David Unsworth, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
Some animals — like the chamois, elks, and ibexes — might descend a couple of miles from the mountaintop and spend the colder months at lower altitudes, where the weather is slightly warmer.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Most people use a standard chamois by drying one part of their body, wringing it out, then drying another part.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
Ultralight and ultra-absorbent, the swim chamois is used to quickly wick away water, and can be wrung out to near-instant dryness.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chamois
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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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
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Parts of the weapon’s leather-and-wood scabbard – and its beaver fur lining – have also survived.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, disconnection reigns and rabbits rule.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Educating them on local folklore, as well as his affinity for rabbit hunting, the peculiar kid soon takes a shining to the couple.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
24 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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To see even more wild locals, cruise the Dora Canal, a verdant passage bordered by cypress trees and home to otters, herons, wood ducks, egrets, and more.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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The aquarium was cited in January for cramped and unsanitary conditions in enclosures for otters, porcupines and other animals.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2025
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Coffee badgers are often turned in by co-workers who resent having to comply with office attendance directives while others evade them, Nickson said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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The behavior of honey badgers and honeyguide birds has the scientific community confused.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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Its name is said to come from the idea that the frosting is as silky as an ermine's white fur.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Nov. 2024
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In June 2023, Theo Bosboom heard about an explosive proliferation of willow ermine moth caterpillars along the river Waal near Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands, not far from his hometown.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
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Imagine a pale roly-poly the size of a muskrat wandering the seafloor.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Their diet includes muskrats, a primary predator of freshwater mussels, which are now confirmed to carry radium.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Chamois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chamois. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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