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Recent Examples of spoor
Noun
Over the past 35 years, he’s produced three guides to tracking that describe animal habits and habitats and how to interpret tracks and spoor.—Bydimitri Selibas, science.org, 13 June 2024 Volcanoes some distance away from here left behind some sturdy volcanic rock, but also this spoor of volcanic ash that drifted underwater before the PV Peninsula became itself.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 On Twitter, people speak scoffingly of canceling themselves, as a joke or a pre-emptive measure, since presumably any of us could be canceled at any time, living in our glass Instagrams, leaving a spoor of digitized gaffes behind us.—New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 Snow had fallen less than an hour ago, and this spoor is on top of it.—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020 The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks, and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times.—National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2016 On top goes chaat masala, a collage of spices haunted by the smoky spoor of black salt; amchur, tart green mango powder; and asafetida, with its faint evocation of meat.—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2016
This list includes Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen and Eric Garcia, alongside midfield duo Gavi and Pedri — the latter two are in talks over extending their deals, with conversations with 22-year-old Pedri progressing well and on track for a long-term commitment.
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Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
The 15-year-old male tumbled from the northbound 5 train onto the tracks between Gun Hill Road and Pelham Parkway at 5:50 p.m., suffering a head injury, cops said.
Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.
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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.
The couple left their home last evening with their two pugs after smoke engulfed their neighborhood near Eaten County, Bobbie Oliver said, where winds reached 70 mph.
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Raquel Coronell Uribe,
NBC News,
8 Jan. 2025
Vito, a 2-and-a-half-year-old pug from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, took home the coveted title of Best in Show, beating out about 2,000 dogs representing 205 breeds and varieties, according to the Kennel Club of Philadelphia who hosted the event.
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