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Recent Examples of beaver
The Super Fuels logo features a brown, smiling dog in a red cape set against a blue background, which the lawsuit argues mimics Buc-ee's iconic logo of a beaver wearing a red cap on a yellow backdrop.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Conservationists have been working to rehabilitate beaver populations, and this sighting is a significant step in the aquatic rewilding of Portugal’s rivers.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Half a mile from camp a fresh coyote track crossed the ice and went up the bank, following an old beaver slide.
—Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
For the past 20 years, conservationists in Spain worked to rehabilitate their European beaver populations and eventually noticed beavers living closer and closer to the border with Portugal, the organization said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Conservationists have been working to rehabilitate beaver populations, and this sighting is a significant step in the aquatic rewilding of Portugal’s rivers.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Half a mile from camp a fresh coyote track crossed the ice and went up the bank, following an old beaver slide.
—Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
For the past 20 years, conservationists in Spain worked to rehabilitate their European beaver populations and eventually noticed beavers living closer and closer to the border with Portugal, the organization said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
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Take a seat for a round-the-clock show: the ruffed grouse, cottontail rabbits, waterfowl and occasional muskrats that wander about, lured by the lake.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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One East Hartford man shoots 100 muskrats for some reason.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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On the runway, several iterations were displayed in materials ranging from leather, shearling and satin, to mink, swakara and eel.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
3 July 2025
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Invasive animals — such as mink — as well as deforestation, forest fires and unregulated construction could also negatively impact the species.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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The main voice actor for Daffy Duck and Porky Pig plays 10 characters in the movie, including the iconic carrot-chomping rabbit.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
27 July 2025
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Across 7 installations, 38 topiary and planted sculptures depict Alice spinning amid the teacups, the Cheshire cat, the queen's chess set, and the white rabbit.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 July 2025
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More than 100 islands make up the Broken Group, where visitors may see whales, sea lions and otters among the rocky islets.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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The animals included 12 bats, nine racoons, eight skunks, two groundhogs, a bobcat, three cats and a fox, data shows.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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While bears are easily the biggest fear in some parks, a pack of hungry racoons or an inquisitive skunk aren’t to be messed with either.—
Geoffrey Morrison,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Residents are prohibited from owning dangerous animals, including large non-domestic cats, raccoons and wolves.—
Bella Waters,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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In the past year, the department confirmed 25 rabid animals, including raccoons and feral cats.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Wildlife killed include moose, deer, black bears, elk, mountain lions, raccoons, hawks, coyotes, porcupines, red foxes, bobcats, owls, rabbits, Canadian geese, beavers and badgers.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Left unchecked, this badger cub would almost certainly have died.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, marten populations shot up and the researchers began to see their scat in new areas.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Journal Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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