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Recent Examples of ermine
Her eyes shut, she was draped in a robe with ermine trim, with an inkpot sitting on her skirt and one hand resting on an open book.
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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Along with reintroduction efforts, the project aimed to reduce threats from European stoats, also known as ermines.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
If your ermine frosting is too runny, check the temperature.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
In another historical nod, the ermine fur used along the edges of the robe and the fur cape is literally from a coronation of the past.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Along with reintroduction efforts, the project aimed to reduce threats from European stoats, also known as ermines.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
If your ermine frosting is too runny, check the temperature.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
In another historical nod, the ermine fur used along the edges of the robe and the fur cape is literally from a coronation of the past.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ermine
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Costello is shown living the good life on Central Park West, walking dogs decked out in miniature mink coats, including a pomeranian in a fur beret.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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While Hathaway looked to Moncler for her XXL coat, Bieber and her stylist Dani Michelle found a floor-grazing faux mink coat from Ralph Lauren’s fall 1995 collection via vintage dealers The Reallist, which saw her through her last weeks of Aspen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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As The Times described the day: In white and black tie, in sequins and sables and clouds of perfume, Republican revelers stepped out tonight to the most lavish series of inaugural balls ever held in the nation’s capital.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The best Christmas cookie tins are filled with colorful sugar cookies, sprinkled gingerbread, linzers, spritzes, shortbread or sables, crinkles or crackles, even wedding cookies or special chocolate chip cookies — because why not?—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Dec. 2024
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The park has incredibly diverse terrain—coastal sand dunes, dense forests, meandering rivers, barrier islands—and fauna such as moose, beavers, and river otters.—
Steve Lyons,
AFAR Media,
20 Mar. 2025
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Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, marten populations shot up and the researchers began to see their scat in new areas.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Journal Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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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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Yet, ballots were cast even during the Civil War and WWII so the MAGA crowd would have to pull a pretty big rabbit, like the Insurrection Act, out of the hat to break precedent and award Trump a third term.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2025
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Wednesday, April 9 Art and Soul: The monthly craft series for adults aged 50-plus offers the opportunity to make a decorative wooden rabbit from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 9 at Community Park – Willow Room 306 at 13094 Civic Center Drive in Poway.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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In August 2024, Wildlands Network launched daily roadkill surveys along US 64, cruising the highway and counting dead deer, bears, snakes, turtles, otters, bobcats, and other critters.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Animals whose parents struggle to feed them in The Americas include: bobcats, jaguars, bears, otters, whales, baby sharks doo doo doo doo doo doo, more bears, alligators, more bears, harpy eagles, penguins andtamarin monkeys.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2025
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Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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Anchored to what is called a seawall, a wetland ecosystem for a diverse range of wildlife — including beavers, muskrats, snapping turtles and all types of insects, bats, and fish — has been created by mostly volunteers.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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One shopper, Lulu Dinh of Jersey City, N.J., bought her chinchilla coat years ago from 1stDibs.—
Dolly Faibyshev,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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For many years, Ken raised chinchillas at their rural Litchfield homestead.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Ermine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ermine. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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