as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that miserable toad is lucky to have even a single friend
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Recent Examples of toad
While generations of toads and frogs have traveled to these marshes to mate, a road built in the last decade right across their route made the spring journey much more dangerous.
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Today's amphibians include frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and the wormlike amphibians known as caecilians.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Given toads held special significance of toads in many southwestern Chinese cultures, archaeologists had to deduce that the drum carried not only music, but deeper messages and meanings.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
More information on Iowa’s frog and toad surveys, plus other citizen science programs in Iowa can be found online at DNR’s volunteer wildlife monitoring page.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Today's amphibians include frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and the wormlike amphibians known as caecilians.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Given toads held special significance of toads in many southwestern Chinese cultures, archaeologists had to deduce that the drum carried not only music, but deeper messages and meanings.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
More information on Iowa’s frog and toad surveys, plus other citizen science programs in Iowa can be found online at DNR’s volunteer wildlife monitoring page.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toad
Noun
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During that time, the dog reportedly moved around in the rear seat area and came into contact with a shotgun stored in the vehicle.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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Still, what man wanted to be a dog, or, even worse, a dog of dogs, forced to live by British rules?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The woman’s one visible breast is, surprisingly, nearly flat, but her nipple is round and oversized and rosy, like a Christmas-tree ornament or a clown’s rubber nose.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Someone dressed up as a clown and made balloon animals for kids at the shelter.—
Pauline Bartolone,
NPR,
23 May 2026
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These measurements enabled scientists to identify sudden changes linked to the Pacific reversal and a geomagnetic disturbance known as the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The restaurant also serves brunch, with dishes such as apple rum French toast, honey jerk wings and red velvet waffles.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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In addition to bats, skunks and raccoons, as well as some other mammals, may become infected with rabies.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Meanwhile, their daughter, Poppy, 11, is wandering through fields of French lavender, armed with a walkie-talkie, keeping an eye out for snakes, searching for peacocks, and hoping to run into her grandmother, who lives on the property.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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The colilargo itself has no presence across the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego, which is believed to be too cold and isolated for the rat.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The first two fatalities, a Dutch couple, were probably infected through exposure to rat droppings while bird-watching in Argentina.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Some were left behind in backyards for new homeowners who never wanted to tend to a colossal reptile.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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The agency said that after the man fled the scene, leaving the exotic animals on the street, officers were able to wrangle the reptiles and safely transport them to Los Angeles Animal Control.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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“Toad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toad. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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