chamois

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Recent Examples of chamois Keep your eyes peeled—and binoculars handy—for goat-like chamois, bearded vultures, and beavers against the stunning backdrop of Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau, and the steep Justistal Valley below. AFAR Media, 18 July 2025 The channels between the chamois panels further enhance the ventilation while preventing bunching. Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025 The removable liner and chamois provide support even through rougher rides, and the longer length can cover your knee pads. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025 This is then gently buffed in using a chamois (a natural leather) tool. Tori Crowther, refinery29.com, 12 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for chamois
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Noun
  • The tension is thicker than mink.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • The only rodent larger than the beaver is the capybara of Central and South America.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Ageratum works well as a border plant or in mixed containers and is considered deer and rabbit resistant.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • Starbucks unveils summer merch collections, including Miffy collab Starbucks also teased two new merchandise collections that will be released this summer, including one that is a collaboration with Miffy, the popular rabbit cartoon character.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The otter will then go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for up to eight weeks of critical care.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The mother then lifted the toddler out of the water while the otter continued attacking and bit her arm.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • But past royal visits to Washington have sometimes gone awry − from amorous muskrats to a talking hat.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.
    Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

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“Chamois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chamois. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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