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Recent Examples of rabbit
Some have snakes, or gerbils, or rabbits.
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Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 7 Mar. 2026
All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Lisa Owens, who has lived next to the forest for 25 years, said the Line Creek Forest is a safe haven for a wide variety of wildlife, from rabbits and raccoons to groundhogs and river otters.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Becky Bernardo, who became the president of Everybunny Counts Rabbit Rescue in March 2022, said the expansion will create an additional 2,800 square feet for daily operations and rescue rabbits.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
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Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 7 Mar. 2026
All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Lisa Owens, who has lived next to the forest for 25 years, said the Line Creek Forest is a safe haven for a wide variety of wildlife, from rabbits and raccoons to groundhogs and river otters.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Becky Bernardo, who became the president of Everybunny Counts Rabbit Rescue in March 2022, said the expansion will create an additional 2,800 square feet for daily operations and rescue rabbits.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit
Noun
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Occasionally, another animal, such as a raccoon or dog, or a person, will accidentally eat an infected animal, or the slime of one, and contract the disease.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Directed by Daniel Chong, the movie is about a 19-year-old environmentalist who infiltrates the animal world in the body of a beaver.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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On a mission to save a beloved patch of nature from a construction project in the fictional town of Beaverton, the beaver-bodied Mabel inadvertently sparks an uprising among the animals that live there.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 Mar. 2026
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Carnivora, an order of mammals that includes foxes, are not permitted as pets, according to Evan LaCross, a DEM public affairs officer.—
Bailey Allen,
Cape Cod Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City’s Line Creek Forest is where various species of birds, squirrels, deer, minks, fish and turtles call home.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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My grandmother treasures a mink coat her father bought her more than 60 years ago.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That includes foxes, minks, muskrats, otters, least weasels and bobcats.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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As for that friendly neighborhood chinchilla?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lundberg’s confidence reflects that of his players, who’ve been instilled with the vision of being honey badgers.—
John Wawrow,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Park staff are checking camera traps, wading out into the park's swampy wilderness and encouraging visitors to share any otter sightings.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
11 Feb. 2026
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The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.—
Mark Scaglione,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Rabbit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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