as in rabbits
the pelt or fur of a badger
The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger, fox, and ermine.
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as in teases
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
He's always badgering me about the dishes.
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Recent Examples of badgers
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There are a lot of real dangers out there – and real badgers.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Sunshine Sean guards his feelings the way mama badgers guard their young.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There are a lot of real dangers out there – and real badgers.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Sunshine Sean guards his feelings the way mama badgers guard their young.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for badgers
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Click PLAY on the video above to watch the full Q&A, where Stowell also teases how Gibbs will cope with Lala’s accident and how his relationship with Diane will progress in Season 2.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Lady Whistledown teases a new, lusty season of Netflix‘s hit series Bridgerton.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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Vavassori hounds the net with his teradactyl-like wingspan.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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People across continents might link rainbows with snakes, or see rabbits on the moon, or cast foxes, jackals, and coyotes as tricksters.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Every unit can be audited on a public ledger, reducing the opacity that plagues traditional finance.—
Luke Xie,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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His voice already had that staticky, far-away quality that plagues international calls, which made Nakia fear he was gone for good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Endurance wasn’t crushed all at once, but instead ground down into a twist of wood and metal over the course of several weeks, like a rabbit in the clutches of a boa constrictor.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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People across continents might link rainbows with snakes, or see rabbits on the moon, or cast foxes, jackals, and coyotes as tricksters.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 Oct. 2025
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Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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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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“Badgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badgers. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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