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Recent Examples of cur His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs. Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024 His arch nemesis, Richard Nixon, had fled the White House like a diseased cur after the Watergate scandal and in his disappearance from the political scene, Thompson lost perhaps his greatest muse. Rory Feehan, SPIN, 9 Nov. 2023 On a blustery Saturday afternoon in April, 18 of 25 groups there had dogs off a leash, including this reporter with her black mouth cur mix, Archer. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023 In 1957, four mountain music players from Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee discovered a shared love for the old mountain curs, and organized a breeding effort that saved the original mountain cur from extinction. Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023 Behind the bar, the enormous portrait of the family’s late dog Rio — a black mouth cur for whom the restaurant is named — watches over the room. Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020 Pop it into first gear, low range, and this cur will claw halfway up the Washington Monument with no driver at the wheel. John Phillips, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2020 She black mouth cur, a Southern herding dog, Southern hunting dog. John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2019 From Kim Kardashian’s cur-our silk tank dress to Kendall’s black patent strapless look, Khloé’s embellished silver pants and crop top and Jordyn Woods’ gold halter mini, here are all the can’t miss looks of the night. Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cur
Noun
  • Floundering in his career and stressed about planning his wedding, Yvan’s woes compound when his oldest friends turn their insults on him, calling him a coward, an amoeba and a fan of motel art.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • That’s when one coward hit me from behind with a backpack.
    Brie Stimson , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Trump calls Bruce Springsteen a 'jerk': The president slapped back after the musician voiced criticism at concertNeed a break?
    Chris Jordan, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Millions of readers follow along for her advice on work quandaries big and small, from dealing with office jerks to quitting a toxic job.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • In the ‘30s and ‘40s, there were all these clowns trying to sell things, and then there was Krinkles the Clown trying to sell cereal [in the ‘50s].
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
  • Matthew Davies, 41, was taken into custody on suspicion of assaulting a man with a glass bottle while dressed up as a clown on Oct. 31, 2018, according to a news release issued by the department.
    Vincent Moleski, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
  • While pesticides sprayed on crops and the Varroa mite both pose major risks for honey bees, bears and skunks can also be destructive predators to colonies, according to Hesbach.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Testing their ability to parse through patchy visual information, the puzzles prompted participants to identify ambiguous black-and-white images of objects and of animals, such as snakes, snails, and spiders.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • The exact location of the den complex are withheld for the snakes' safety, according to Bachhuber.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The sci-fi series has given us everything from mutant super-soldiers to all-out war between a farmer and an army of rats.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Also, humans consume red dye No. 3 at levels far lower than those shown to cause cancer in two studies of rats, according to the FDA.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

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“Cur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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