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Recent Examples of beaver
Upon further investigation, police became aware of earlier reports as well as an online video, which went viral on Facebook, showing the beaver attacking other people in the park.
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Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Daniel Chong, 104 minutes Pixar’s latest family-friendly charmer depicts a land war — over a patch of earth that was once occupied by beavers and other wildlife and that human developers are eager to blow up for a highway.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Like many other animals in the state including bears and beavers, bobcats numbers are steadily increasing.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Keep an eye out for birds, deer, moose, and beavers.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
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Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Daniel Chong, 104 minutes Pixar’s latest family-friendly charmer depicts a land war — over a patch of earth that was once occupied by beavers and other wildlife and that human developers are eager to blow up for a highway.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Like many other animals in the state including bears and beavers, bobcats numbers are steadily increasing.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Keep an eye out for birds, deer, moose, and beavers.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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But past royal visits to Washington have sometimes gone awry − from amorous muskrats to a talking hat.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The tension is thicker than mink.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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The flowers attract a diversity of pollinators and are resistant to deer and rabbit browsing.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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An otter popped up out of one hole, followed quickly by another otter out of the other.—
Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
16 May 2026
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Sea otter surrogacy programs are designed to mimic what happens in the wild, where pups rely heavily on their mothers to teach them how to survive.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Search ahead, especially before entering expensive corridors, remote areas or tourist towns where fuel prices fatten up like raccoons behind a diner.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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In addition to bats, skunks and raccoons, as well as some other mammals, may become infected with rabies.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Our room was papered with a charming House of Hackney print featuring a sloth smoking a hookah, a badger sipping a tropical cocktail, and an otter fanning itself.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Raphael nails every line delivery, Woods gets to unleash his wild side from time to time (while usually trapped in a beta bear), and Jalees helps make her put-upon fox endearing and entertaining.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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The competition has been held every year since 2013 to help raise awareness of the invasive Burmese python, which has contributed to the decline of small mammals like opossums, bobcats and foxes.—
Morgan Rynor,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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