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Recent Examples of beaver
The beaver moon, also a supermoon, will peak Nov. 5, 2025.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
Similarly, beaver populations dramatically declined in much of the park by the mid-20th century due to trapping.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Busy beaver hunters don’t expect to have a definitive answer anytime soon.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
Similarly, beaver populations dramatically declined in much of the park by the mid-20th century due to trapping.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Busy beaver hunters don’t expect to have a definitive answer anytime soon.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One side has faux fur with a bubble texture, and the other has a soft micro mink lining.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Sep. 2025
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Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Deer and rabbits won't eat them.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Today, Romulus and Remus are reportedly healthy, weighing more than 120 pounds each, and consuming over five pounds of meat daily, which includes venison, beef, and whole rabbits.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.—
Lauren Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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And all of a sudden, an otter comes right up to the glass and begins interacting with them, soon joined by a second otter.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raccoons can carry rabies and roundworm, both of which can be harmful to people.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the terrain includes a waterfall, California live oak trees, sycamore trees, volcanic rocks, a freshwater marsh and locals such as Pacific tree frogs, mallard ducks, raccoons and coyotes.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The train includes views of wildflowers, geologic formations, deer, antelope, elk, fox, eagles, and sometimes even bears.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, Jerry — a civil engineer — joined in too, saving his leftovers for the fox.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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