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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Recent Examples of lambs
Dobbs even let her children get pet lambs.
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Leigh Kiniry,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency.
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Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
And the livestock barns and show rings will feature baby lambs and goats, along with steers, chickens and turkeys.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency.
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Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
During winter, snow under the shade of solar panels takes a long time to melt, causing baby lambs to freeze in the cold.
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Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans.
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Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
27 May 2026
Earlier this spring, the BBC reported that health officials in Wales urged people not to handle lambs when visiting farms, following over 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis in the country last year — over a third of which (35 percent) involved children under 10.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
The O'Connors plan to keep the four ewes and find homes for the two male lambs.
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ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
Leigh Kiniry,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency.
—
Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
And the livestock barns and show rings will feature baby lambs and goats, along with steers, chickens and turkeys.
—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency.
—
Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
During winter, snow under the shade of solar panels takes a long time to melt, causing baby lambs to freeze in the cold.
—
Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans.
—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
27 May 2026
Earlier this spring, the BBC reported that health officials in Wales urged people not to handle lambs when visiting farms, following over 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis in the country last year — over a third of which (35 percent) involved children under 10.
—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
The O'Connors plan to keep the four ewes and find homes for the two male lambs.
—
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambs
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Another bears an image of a sheep Statue of Liberty holding a selfie stick instead of a torch.
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Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
Noun
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Praying all the angels watch over his family during this difficult time.
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So a crew of angels and one unruly human are on a mission to rescue every Black person and bring them to heaven.
Noun
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Over 5,000 deaths, most of them for innocents not driving trucks, in 2023 alone.
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Whatever conclusions investigators might reach, the loss of at least 50 souls, and the wounding of dozens more innocents, is an unbearable blow for any community.
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“Lambs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambs. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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