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Recent Examples of urchin The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp. Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025 Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society. London, England June 1895 Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025 There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines. Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urchin
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Noun
  • In rodents and monkeys, neurons in the basolateral amygdala encode not just the value of rewards for oneself but also the rewards received by others.
    Tobias Kalenscher, Scientific American, 13 June 2025
  • Lord Byron, young doctor John Polidori, Percy Bysshe Shelley and his future wife Mary, accompanied by a peacock, a monkey and a dog, all set up base in the lakeside Villa Diodati, just outside Geneva.
    Lysanne Currie, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Seven people were kicked out of the courtroom by O’Hare for speaking out of turn and calling members of the court racists and devils.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
  • Rich flavors of maple syrup, golden syrup, red cherries and devil’s chocolate cake in this 17% alcohol late harvest wine.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025

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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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