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Recent Examples of mink
The full-length Yves Saint Laurent mink that Mary Connelly, 34, a lawyer who lives in the East Village in New York, wore to the Metropolitan Museum of Art one afternoon last month belonged to her mother.
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Dolly Faibyshev, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
As the disease appears in more mammals—such as sea lions in South America and minks in Europe and China—experts fear that the virus is adapting to better infect this class, which also includes humans.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Hopkins has garnered attention for wearing a full-body mink coat that was left to him by his late father.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
And, finally, a chance to put on his dad’s mink.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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Dolly Faibyshev, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
As the disease appears in more mammals—such as sea lions in South America and minks in Europe and China—experts fear that the virus is adapting to better infect this class, which also includes humans.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Hopkins has garnered attention for wearing a full-body mink coat that was left to him by his late father.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
And, finally, a chance to put on his dad’s mink.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mink
Noun
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Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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Playing a beaver named Nibbles, comedian Fortune Feister was also reported to be lending her voice around the time of D23.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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Even in her early twenties, Long held staunch opinions on stocking colors and children’s frocks, Christmas cards and muskrat coats.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2025
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On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 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
Noun
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Offstage, Summer lives in the Dallas Fort Worth area, sharing her home with her supportive husband, their charming daughter, her quirky brother, and her canine companions, Cricket, Loki, Adie and chinchilla, Princess Fluffy Pants.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lucas retains his hold on the lucrative smack market largely because of his ability to not attract attention; his eventual downfall is hastened by the regrettable decision to stand out in a crowd for once and rock a chinchilla fur coat and matching hat at a prizefight.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Next, peruse Auntie Q’s diverse array of vintage items and collectibles–from glassware and toys to restored cast-iron cooking pieces – and don’t leave without a Sand Mountain Beach Club T-shirt sporting a mischievous racoon and snarky sayings.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot Minifigure Recreate some of Rocket’s adventures from Guardians of the Galaxy with this buildable and poseable figure of the beloved racoon.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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An alert bystander who noticed a raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate later assisted police with its rescue using two laundry pods, Massachusetts cops reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Help keep predators like cats and raccoons away by adding a metal baffle or predator guard under the house.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Mink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mink. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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