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Upload’s return promises dark AI, chinchilla life coaches and a love story for the (digital) ages in the new trailer for the Prime Video series’ final season.
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Meet Yin, Yang, Eddie, and Charley, chinchillas ready for adoption.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
This chinchilla moment was but a gateway animal obsession.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Viscachas, which are a type of chinchilla the size of a rabbit, are a good omen for astronomers at the Rubin observatory.
—Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Meet Yin, Yang, Eddie, and Charley, chinchillas ready for adoption.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
This chinchilla moment was but a gateway animal obsession.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Viscachas, which are a type of chinchilla the size of a rabbit, are a good omen for astronomers at the Rubin observatory.
—Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chinchilla
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In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City’s Line Creek Forest is where various species of birds, squirrels, deer, minks, fish and turtles call home.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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There are small plates like firefly squid and braised rabbit.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles Rabbit Foundation, an arm of the House Rabbit Society, advises that rabbits make poor pets for small children.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The raccoon was too injured to walk, Ruth said.—
Julian Camejo,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Although the species classified in this order are basically meat eaters, a substantial number of them, especially among bears and members of the raccoon family, also feed extensively on vegetation and are thus actually omnivorous.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some people aren't feeling the beaver after Buc-ee’s rolled out a new policy asking customers to pay at the pump.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mabel, in faux-beaver form, rallies the wildlife to fight Mayor Jerry but sows anarchy in doing so.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That includes foxes, minks, muskrats, otters, least weasels and bobcats.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
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Park staff are checking camera traps, wading out into the park's swampy wilderness and encouraging visitors to share any otter sightings.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
11 Feb. 2026
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The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.—
Mark Scaglione,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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They commonly are made with strands from hogs, sables or badgers, which help the brushes hold more water.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Prue especially loves his Chinese five-spice Florentines, and Paul likes his chocolate-sable biscuits.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Chinchilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinchilla. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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