as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
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Noun
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Paul Walter Hauser will voice a sheep character and Yvonne Orji a pigeon.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025 -
In sheep given creatine, the fetus’ brain is more protected from oxygen deprivation.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Polar Wishes Collection Celebrate the season with traditional holiday motifs, such as light-up angels, presents, and snowmen.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Praying with your feet means to move, to advance, to take, literally, steps to make sure innocents are not gunned down in church or school by a madman.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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But when innocents get dragged into the mess Robbie has created, the task force becomes more important than any of its members appear ready to handle.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Lambs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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