foxes 1 of 2

variants also fox
plural of fox

foxes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fox

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of foxes
Noun
During the voyage, travelers can spend time spotting wildlife like Arctic foxes, whales, polar bears, and more, and explore the harsh landscape by zodiac boat, kayaking, and snowshoeing. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025 Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route. Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that commonly spread the fatal disease to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 As foxes are pushed into neighborhoods, another problem emerges. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 In 2002, the pair visited with Arctic foxes in San Diego, California. Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The baby foxes were taken to the Saratoga facility intake center 48 hours later. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025 No one remembered ever seeing a fox squirrel in my home county in mid-Georgia until several years ago. Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxes
Noun
  • Best of all, society member experts will be on hand to provide valuable tips on caring for the tropical beauties.
    Laura Daily, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Sorrentino has made some beauties in his career.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The partnership has delivered tens of millions in sales while giving PacSun visibility into which products and creators deliver results.
    Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, lawmakers had capped the agency’s administrative funding just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were aging into retirement, exploding Social Security’s rolls.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Transport yourself back in time to the days where kings and queens ruled, and see over 100 daily shows.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Companies such as Turn Me Royal have capitalized on the trend, offering customers the chance to upload a photo and transform it into a customized portrait styled in the fashion of kings, queens, or military leaders of the past.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One case that still baffles is the macabre story of Virginia McCullough, who killed her parents for their money – and then lived with their bodies for four years.
    KC Baker, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Take advantage of the deal, grab your roomies, and head to Costco to stock up on tailgating snacks, frozen entrees, salad kits, customer favorites, and sharing-sized chips, cookies, and cereal.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Labubu dolls are made by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Labubu craze has made the founder of the company behind the viral dolls richer than ever.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It's sometimes used as an honor in Hindu culture and is another name for the goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • This is a 1,000 year old tradition where two maidens are chosen to be slaughtered as repentance to one of their goddesses.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025

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