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Recent Examples of raccoon
Amaze your kids by showing them what giants used to call Fremont home, long before boring-by-comparison coyotes and raccoons.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
When nesting under your porch or deck or in a crawlspace, chimney, or attic, raccoon waste will accumulate and cause odors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
In the new study, the researchers turned this formula on its head and gave the raccoons the unmodified (but refilled) box for multiple trials to see what the raccoons did.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
How are cicadas beneficial to the environment? During normal emergence years, cicadas provide predators with lots of food, including birds, foxes, skunks, and raccoons.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
When nesting under your porch or deck or in a crawlspace, chimney, or attic, raccoon waste will accumulate and cause odors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
In the new study, the researchers turned this formula on its head and gave the raccoons the unmodified (but refilled) box for multiple trials to see what the raccoons did.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
How are cicadas beneficial to the environment? During normal emergence years, cicadas provide predators with lots of food, including birds, foxes, skunks, and raccoons.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
Noun
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There are small plates like firefly squid and braised rabbit.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles Rabbit Foundation, an arm of the House Rabbit Society, advises that rabbits make poor pets for small children.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some people aren't feeling the beaver after Buc-ee’s rolled out a new policy asking customers to pay at the pump.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mabel, in faux-beaver form, rallies the wildlife to fight Mayor Jerry but sows anarchy in doing so.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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He’s scolded by fox and hawk for being out in the rain, but Bear shares his berries with Marvin, who gets a ride home on the back of Deer.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Another thing that stood out was the fox at the end.—
William Earl,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
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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
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“Raccoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raccoon. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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