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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Verb
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The first 15 seconds of the video teases an upcoming song, which will be featured on the third album of her Over It trilogy, Finally Over It, which is expected next year.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2024 -
And, in number after number, the show teases us with the answer.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The island is home to over 260 bird species, as well as other animals like alligators and foxes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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The foxes, however, eat the hares and thus limit their population.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An alert bystander who noticed a raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate later assisted police with its rescue using two laundry pods, Massachusetts cops reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Help keep predators like cats and raccoons away by adding a metal baffle or predator guard under the house.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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By opening her hogan to visitors, Yazzie hopes to introduce people to the Navajo lifestyle, which traditionally involves herding sheep, weaving rugs, growing crops, and silversmithing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, but one specific burial has the breastbone, a great bustard with cut marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Badgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badgers. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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