kelpie

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Recent Examples of kelpie Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Searched Online About COVID Symptoms Before Dying of Hantavirus Gene and Betsy's bodies were discovered along with the body of one of their dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, in Santa Fe Summit in February. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025 California Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife of hantavirus days earlier, officials say March 7, 2025 One of the couple’s three dogs, an Australian kelpie mix named Zinna, was found dead in a crate in their home when the couple were discovered on Feb. 26. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 Gene and Betsy were discovered at their home along with one of their dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, in Santa Fe Summit on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Elizabeth Leonard, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025 An examination of the kelpie mix, named Zinnia, found that dehydration and starvation were likely behind the pup's demise. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 But the dead dog is now believed to be their Australian kelpie mix, Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility which is involved in the surviving dogs’ care, said to The Associated Press. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025 The sheriff’s office initially said the dog was a German shepherd found in a closet, but later clarified the dog was the couple’s kelpie mix, Zinna, and was found in a crate, according to the Associated Press. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 The couples’ kelpie mix, Zinna, is the dog that was reportedly found dead. Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 The couple’s German shepherd, named Bear, survived along with a second dog named Nikita, but their kelpie mix, Zinna, died, according to Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility that is involved in the surviving dogs’ care. Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kelpie
Noun
  • The motif of changelings—of fairies taking a human child and leaving a nonhuman child in its place—comes up throughout the story.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
  • What do the Krampus, a horde of undead elves, bloodthirsty changelings, and William Shatner have in common?
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Stripped first of his access to the goblin court, and now of his ability to speak with the dead, Celehar nonetheless still has commitments to the living.
    Natalie Zutter January 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Lisa’s Joker is part motivational speaker, part chaos goblin.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Devils is a dark fantasy epic centering on a special force of monsters enlisted to save Europe from a scourge of flesh-eating elves.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
  • In this fiction, the Crusades were not waged against Moors, but against elves – a race said to devour the flesh of humans, among other atrocities that are neither confirmed nor denied by the end of the story.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • What do leprechauns do with their unfinished dinner?
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Associate editor Shelby Stewart, on the other hand, is opting for this year’s most trending hairstyle: the pixie cut.
    Akili King, Essence, 16 June 2025
  • The style blends a bob with a pixie cut, featuring longer face-framing pieces and choppy bangs, á la Winona Ryder in the '90s.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The azaleas are popping, the gnomes are flying off the shelves in the merchandise building, and the egg salad sandwiches are in abundance.
    Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In many ways, the Aardman team had to unlearn some of their trade secrets to create the gnome.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Crusty art critics and right-wing trolls joined together to bash the work for not looking exactly like every other lifeless oil-on-canvas depiction of a U.S. president.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • From popular folk-rockers Mumford & Sons to giant forest trolls and classical music with a Spanish twist, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend and beyond.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 June 2025

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“Kelpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kelpie. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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