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Examples of hippo in a Sentence
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Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go.
—The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
Best director honors went to Dominican filmmaker Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias for Pepe, an unclassifiable mash-up of documentary and fiction about a hippo brought to Colombia by drug king Pablo Escobar.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
As the hippo’s numbers burgeon, the scramble to curtail population growth has reached a boiling point.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
Hippos, for their part, are fiercely territorial and will challenge any animal, human, or fellow hippo that crosses the line.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
But one topic is always on Cincinnati's mind: Fiona the hippo.
—The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
There’s charm in the idea of a hippo for the first time contemplating how a body of water can have no middle or edges, even if less of the occasionally windy narration might be more.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
When Did Ancient Hippos Live? In restoring the skull and jaws, scientists discovered some very old dirt stuck to the teeth and mandible of an ancient hippo.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
All of them had inquired about tours of Uganda’s lush forests; the expeditions cost about $15,000 per couple for 13 days of hippo and gorilla spotting.
—David Segal, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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“Hippo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippo. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
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Nglish: Translation of hippo for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about hippo
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