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Recent Examples of mink
The tension is thicker than mink.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink.
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Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
That’s in part because the hat is made from a blend of 5% mink fur and 95% beaver fur, the latter of which is coveted for its natural ability to repel water, said company vice president and general manager Mark Dunlap.
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Maliya Ellis,
Houston Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mink
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.
—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
That’s in part because the hat is made from a blend of 5% mink fur and 95% beaver fur, the latter of which is coveted for its natural ability to repel water, said company vice president and general manager Mark Dunlap.
—
Maliya Ellis,
Houston Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mink
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
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In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
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Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
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In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
Noun
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Plants tolerate a range of soils and are unbothered by rabbits or deer.
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There’s a bug-eyed rabbit, a blue donkey and several variations of what appear to be skulls.
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Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
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Other small mammals like ferrets, degus, sugar gliders, chinchillas, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and mice are all allowed as pets.
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.
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This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
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Critter Control offers specialized pest control plans to get rid of raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, bats and more.
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Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines.
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.
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“Mink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mink. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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