as in panther
a large tawny cat of the wild
the problems created by mountain lions coming into contact with humans in suburban developments
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Recent Examples of mountain lion
Fifteen feet below me, hemmed against the bank on my side by the dogs, was a male mountain lion.
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Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
If a mountain lion is genuinely just passing through to reach water, the horses remain calm.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
People can contract plague after being bitten by infected fleas or touching infected animals like rats, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs, rabbits, mountain lions, ferrets, and even dogs and cats.
—Alice Park, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Anyone coming into contact with a mountain lion is advised to, rather than run away, back away slowly while maintaining eye contact and holding out their arms to appear as big as possible.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
If a mountain lion is genuinely just passing through to reach water, the horses remain calm.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
People can contract plague after being bitten by infected fleas or touching infected animals like rats, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs, rabbits, mountain lions, ferrets, and even dogs and cats.
—Alice Park, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Anyone coming into contact with a mountain lion is advised to, rather than run away, back away slowly while maintaining eye contact and holding out their arms to appear as big as possible.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mountain lion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain lion
Noun
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There’s no better name for a Fort Worth barbecue joint, either, for like that apocryphal panther, the city’s once-sleepy barbecue scene has awakened and begun to roar.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Living Room on the hotel’s second floor features two bars, one on either end of the room, backed by gold, black, and white art deco scenes that depict famous New York City buildings and animals like a panther, a leopard, and a horse.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jenny struggles with underemployment, loneliness, condescension from the men in her life, the disapproval of her cougar mother and, worst of all for her, her failure to conceive a child.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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The cougar, which had a tracking collar, was dubbed F390 by the California Carnivores Program, a University of California, Davis, program tracking mountain lions in the state.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Mountain lion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20lion. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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