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Recent Examples of rabbit
Only a handful of animals, including two puppies, two tortoises, some rabbits and a pig survived.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Jan. 2025
Startled, Carter splashed the rabbit with an oar, prompting it to retreat.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Domestic rabbits tend to live longer than their wild counterparts.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
The area is also an important habitat for scrub jays, wading birds, burrowing owls, raccoons, opossums, rabbits and gopher tortoises.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Jan. 2025
Startled, Carter splashed the rabbit with an oar, prompting it to retreat.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Domestic rabbits tend to live longer than their wild counterparts.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
The area is also an important habitat for scrub jays, wading birds, burrowing owls, raccoons, opossums, rabbits and gopher tortoises.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit
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From the new show Carl the Collector, which features an autistic raccoon, to content with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretations, PBS KIDS is spearheading change in the disability community.—
Jaclyn Greenberg,
Parents,
5 Dec. 2024
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The dead raccoon tested negative for rabies, the agency said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
28 Dec. 2024
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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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Homeostasis and Stability: Like beavers and wolves, leaders create balance by managing both innovation (growth) and stability (process).—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Bayshore Veterinary Hospital confirmed the fox was receiving treatment at the facility in a Jan. 22 post on Facebook.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The foxes are a legacy of the 2006 war between Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and Israel, when the animals moved down to the coast to escape fighting in the hills.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2025
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Last week, Bieber stopped for coffee wearing a faux mink coat from Ralph Lauren’s fall 1995 collection.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2025
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The women start to squirm when Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) comes out in a mink coat holding a golden goblet.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2025
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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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Lucas retains his hold on the lucrative smack market largely because of his ability to not attract attention; his eventual downfall is hastened by the regrettable decision to stand out in a crowd for once and rock a chinchilla fur coat and matching hat at a prizefight.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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While our guide talked, viscachas — Peruvian chinchillas — scurried atop the walls and a quartet of wild llamas gathered on one of the lawns.—
Monisha Rajesh,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2024
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Undeterred, the badger returned a short time later, still stuck with quills but determined to get its meal.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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But the honeyguide bird is an exception that actually calls to the badgers, despite the potential danger of predation.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Rabbit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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