badgers 1 of 2

plural of badger

badgers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of badger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of badgers
Noun
These animals included badgers, bats, crows, foxes, hedgehogs, otters and owls, among many others. Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines. Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys. Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Honey Badgers’ Bodies Are Built Like Armor Honey badgers are also physically difficult animals to injure in the first place. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines. Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026 Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers. Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026 The Eastern Colorado prairie was once carpeted with a mix of hardy grasses, flowering plants, and small shrubs that supported great herds of bison and pronghorn, abundant prairie dog colonies, predators like coyotes, foxes, and badgers, as well as numerous bird species, reptiles, and insects. Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for badgers
Noun
  • The fox cautiously walked a few feet past us on its journey for bugs and other snacks.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And yet, his latest film includes a subplot in which the sisters learn to look after a wild fox.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The film teases a more intimate connection between the pair throughout but frustratingly walks back from advancing this development as anything more than a tantalizing possibility.
    Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Setting the story in 1990 — already up to early 1991 by midseason — teases certain upcoming historical signposts, especially with tensions with the police already simmering.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Skinning rabbits, chopping wood, and running interference between his parents.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Natural history Diet and behavior Rodents, small rabbits, birds, frogs, lizards, and bats form the primary prey of this species.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Gen might have gotten away scot-free from the sheets incident in terms of optics — no one questions her involvement, even though her job description includes housekeeping — but karma hounds her during the first day of the charter.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • Vavassori hounds the net with his teradactyl-like wingspan.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Black rat snakes are eaten by raccoons, weasels, coyotes, owls, hawks, and other snakes.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The raccoon used her paws to repeatedly dunk the receipt into a bowl of water (a common exploratory behavior).
    Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 June 2026
  • Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Still, even in California, who worries about being savaged by an otter?
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • There was also an otter attack in Anchorage, Alaska, KTUU reported last month.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nordic Fair Isle prints and anything with sheep, stripes, or funky patterns are fantastic sellers.
    Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The highest-ticket item is a funnel-neck jacket in rich chocolate sheep leather that dissolves into black toward the waist (399€), which can be paired with a matching pencil skirt.
    Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

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