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Recent Examples of raccoon
When nesting under your porch or deck or in a crawlspace, chimney, or attic, raccoon waste will accumulate and cause odors.
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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
Older houses in Dallas’ historic districts are particularly susceptible to them, as well as raccoons, skunks and armadillos in the large crawl spaces.
—Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026
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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
Older houses in Dallas’ historic districts are particularly susceptible to them, as well as raccoons, skunks and armadillos in the large crawl spaces.
—Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
Noun
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There are always squirrels, chipmunks and birds to cheer you on, with the occasional rabbit or deer for good measure.—
Nicole Bennett,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Yes, its name is an homage to the classic leporine book, with grassy notes a rabbit might adore.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The movie, which stars Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm, is about a girl who mentally experiences life as a robotic beaver and interacts with real beavers.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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To help distinguish the fact from fiction, Scientific American spoke to Emily Fairfax, who studies ecohydrology at the University of Minnesota and worked with the Hoppers team to make sure the beaver depictions were dam right.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
13 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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At the same time, prey traveling with the wind can easily be detected by the fox.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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While under veterinary care, the fox is being fed a diet that includes produce, proteins and biscuit-like items suitable for an omnivorous species.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 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 25 Mar. 2026.
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