toad

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Recent Examples of toad Sometimes this plant is called hairy toad lily because all of its parts are hairy. Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 Plumier explains what each species looks and sounds like, so the group doesn’t accidentally spear an endangered crawfish frog or an unassuming toad. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025 Don’t count out annual flowers such as dahlias, zinnias and Bolivian verbena and even some non-native autumn bloomers such as toad lilies. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025 Holding a Sonoran Desert toad and squeezing the slimy glands on its head to extract its toxic secretions is a strange experience. Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for toad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toad
Noun
  • The American Kennel Club stresses that keeping a consistent routine is important for dogs at every stage of life.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Del Mar Foundation invites the dogs of Del Mar and their humans to attend the fun and free Annual Halloween Dog Parade & Costume Competition.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The girls are just as down to clown, coming up with funny drunk poses and faces.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The host, Scotty, is an acerbic jerk who saves his meanest digs for Richter’s Mickey.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes, though, the snakes eat all of the birds.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Deaths from snake bites in Australia are rare.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There are rats in Indiana who prefer a room with a view.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The player’s winning cards were a 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen and a joker acting as a king — all in clubs.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If Payton doesn’t start shoving this offense through it, the joker’s on Broncos Country.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Snake wrangling requires patience, steady movements, and a deep understanding of reptile behavior.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ichthyosaur -- an order of large extinct marine reptiles -- that lived during the Early Jurassic era about 190 million years ago, according to a study published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology on Thursday.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Toad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toad. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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