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Recent Examples of beaver
The challenge is to stop thinking like Davids and start thinking like beavers.
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Six massive fluorescent letters and a cartoon beaver in a red cap illuminate our way.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Playing a beaver named Nibbles, comedian Fortune Feister was also reported to be lending her voice around the time of D23.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Six massive fluorescent letters and a cartoon beaver in a red cap illuminate our way.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Playing a beaver named Nibbles, comedian Fortune Feister was also reported to be lending her voice around the time of D23.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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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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Even in her early twenties, Long held staunch opinions on stocking colors and children’s frocks, Christmas cards and muskrat coats.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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Her father, Young Commodore Collins, and her mother, Clyde (Richardson) Collins, separated when Cora Sue was 3 (after her mother discovered that her father had given his secretary a mink coat for Christmas) and later divorced.—
Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Naturally, our talks often ventured from mink sets to turkey lore.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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Most repellents have been developed for deer but may work for rabbits, too.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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Honorable mention honors were given to Navya Chahal for a flowers and rainbow design; Mina Madriz for a butterfly and landscape drawing; Mirai Simpson, whose drawing included a rabbit and ducks; and Sweden Simpson for a sunset drawing.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
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More than 3,000 tropical and subtropical species of plants and trees, as well as the inhabitants of the Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary: alligators, bobcats, otters, eagles, a black bear and, of course, flamingos.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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What to know May 2, 2025 6:12 PM Read Next National River otter who gave adoptive pups ‘second chance’ at life dies at Oregon zoo May 1, 2025 5:16 PM This story was originally published May 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
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Next, peruse Auntie Q’s diverse array of vintage items and collectibles–from glassware and toys to restored cast-iron cooking pieces – and don’t leave without a Sand Mountain Beach Club T-shirt sporting a mischievous racoon and snarky sayings.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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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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Unlike some wildlife species, raccoons (Procyon lotor) thrive even in urban areas.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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How is Chewy the raccoon? Chewy the raccoon was unharmed, and police determined that Vidal did have the proper documentation needed to own the raccoon.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Wolverines are members of the weasel family, like ferrets and badgers, and are known for being ferocious and cunning carnivores.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Houthis are what one veteran Yemen-watcher calls the honey badgers of resistance, referring to the belligerent mammal known for its fearless attitude toward predators.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 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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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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