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also racoon
as in rabbit
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Recent Examples of raccoon
At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.
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Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Research on dairy farms has shown the virus spreads efficiently between mammals, including from cows to other species like raccoons and cats.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The Goins brothers hunted rabbits, deer, raccoons and squirrels for the family to eat.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Research on dairy farms has shown the virus spreads efficiently between mammals, including from cows to other species like raccoons and cats.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The Goins brothers hunted rabbits, deer, raccoons and squirrels for the family to eat.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
Noun
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For fine dining, head to Forklift, where your rabbit will be cooked three ways and paired with cauliflower cream.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
7 Jan. 2025
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It is known for its slightly maniacal logo of a rabbit with pink ears and its teeth hanging over a skull-and-crossbones and offers men’s and children’s wear in a variety of categories including polos, T-shirts, pants, sportswear and accessories.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Healing the ecosystem so the otters could come back had the win-win effect of helping manage an invasive species.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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The department said that while encounters with otters are rare, the animals can be territorial.—
Brie Stimson,
Fox News,
14 Sep. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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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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“Raccoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raccoon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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