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Recent Examples of woolly The woolly mice gestated fast, popping out into the world after a pregnancy of 20 days. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 On Tuesday, Colossal announced that its scientists have simultaneously edited seven genes in mice embryos to create mice with long, thick, woolly hair. CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025 All of them successfully expressed the gold, woolly hair of the mammoth as well as its accelerated lipid metabolism. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 These included long, woolly hair and a way of metabolizing fat that helped the animals survive well in the cold. Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for woolly
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Adjective
  • There’s also a great romantic sub-plot involving Andy torn between two dudes, the shaggy, non-industry, great grill-cheesemaking Nate (Entourage‘s Adrian Grenier) and a fellow fashion industry colleague Christian Thompson played by Simon Baker.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • The boy, whose head is full of shaggy black hair, is the youngest in his household of six.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The green leaves are splotched with white and bumpy on the upper side, and the stems are hairy, which deters deer.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
  • Small, hairy hominids emerge — but the twist is that Superman must protect these Mole Men from the prairie mob who want to shoot the outsiders on sight.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement The messages between their fuzzy bodies and their brains don’t go through any filtering system.
    Mari Andrew, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Sure, hygge has been overused a bit in the last few years (candles, fuzzy socks, etc.), but the real idea behind it is simple: comfort and connection.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Ransom Canyon star Josh Duhamel didn’t have a rough time getting to know the set of his new film Off the Grid because the actor lives off the grid in real-life.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Avoid scrubbing the microwave’s interior with rough materials like steel wool or abrasive sponges.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 June 2025

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