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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
  • With rising apprehension, the Cabinet kept deliberating for a couple of days while Sumner did his best to shut down jingoistic rhetoric in the Senate from politicians who demanded that Lincoln not be a coward in the face of Great Britain.
    Zaakir Tameez June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • Because these cowards fear being doxed for their inhumane and unconscionable actions.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 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
  • Lisa and Jody are mad that Larsa was a jerk at Jody’s birthday party.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 June 2025
  • Based on my experience, labeling someone a contrarian is just an extremely polite way of calling out a person for being a jerk who’s obsessed with the sound of their own voice.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The types of animals vary, but monkeys, skunks, racoons and crocodiles are the most common, the data shows.
    Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
  • While deer are the most common animal stuck by vehicles, raccoons, skunks, opossums, squirrels and countless birds also fall victim.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain, high waters and snakes including water moccasins continued their desperate search for the missing, including 10 girls and a counselor from the camp.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 7 July 2025
  • Woman screams as snake attacks—dog jumps in and takes the venom for her The video highlighted the canine parents, with viewers instantly falling in love with the unique puppies.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Humans hate navigating a rat maze and having robots talk at them.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Also known as the Andalusian terrier, these dogs were bred to help protect vineyard wine cellars from potential rat infestations.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025

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“Cur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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