Skunks are mammals that are more like weasels than rodents.
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Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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.
But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Meanwhile, their daughter, Poppy, 11, is wandering through fields of French lavender, armed with a walkie-talkie, keeping an eye out for snakes, searching for peacocks, and hoping to run into her grandmother, who lives on the property.
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Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
The league’s rules around the next round of expansion have yet to be revealed, but if teams are only able to protect three (or four) players again this season, there’s very little chance Pannek and Zumwinkle sneak through should they be left unprotected again.
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Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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