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Recent Examples of fox
Noun
The invasive snakes, which were brought here from Southeast Asian by the exotic pet trade in the 1970s and 1980s, have thrived in Florida’s tropical and subtropical climate, and eat 85 species of animals here, including deer, bobcats, foxes, otters, rabbits, herons and alligators. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025 However, very few of us have been spared from catching sight of a dead deer, fox, raccoon or other wild animal on the side of the road. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 May 2025
Verb
The speech also tackled an issue that has foxed previous governments: reforming the House of Lords. Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2024 Raccoon: Raccoon is very similar to fox but rarely comes in any other colors besides that of a typical raccoon which is naturally ombré. Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire, 13 Feb. 2014 See All Example Sentences for fox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fox
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.
    Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Particularly in the Eastern Conference, where the window continues to widen because of nightmare injuries, free agency departures, and puzzling decisions to fire head coaches (looking at you, Knicks).
    Shane Young, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • There is a small and puzzling group of contract manufacturers — Flex , Celestica and Jabil — with stock moves that defy logic.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The person is not trying to deceive or control, but the behavior still affects others and requires self awareness and growth to correct.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
  • Where was this sense of urgency when the mullahs were attempting to deceive U.N. inspectors while sandbagging U.S. efforts to diplomatically scuttle the country’s nuclear efforts?
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Treatment at the center includes equine therapy with real horses and sessions with AI therapy chatbot Guanyin, named after the Buddhist goddess of compassion.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • But this name is popular in Sweden as Saga is a goddess in Norse mythology.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But Bird also throws a devastating slider to right-handers and a curveball that can baffle.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
  • The sheriff is as baffled as anyone else, wondering how anyone as recognizable as Roy could disappear in plain sight.
    Dateline NBC, NBC news, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The Italian became the first man or woman from her country to defeat a top-3 seed at Wimbledon since the Open Era began in 1968.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Had Vintage Brand defeated Penn State in the trial, schools and teams may have encountered more difficulty in using trademark law to protect their logos and other marks.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025

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“Fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fox. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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