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a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that miserable toad is lucky to have even a single friend
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Recent Examples of toads
Hikers will look for evidence like burrows, nests and tracks of tarantulas, toads, scorpions, glowworms and other nighttime creatures.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Members of Wrenham Toad Patrols shared their frustrations on social media, noting that officials gave no notice of maintenance, which limited their ability to assist the toads.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
As warmer weather comes to Mlochowski Forest, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Warsaw, thousands of toads and frogs wake up from their winter slumber and begin their meticulous spawning journey to the marshes, a few kilometers away.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Today's amphibians include frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and the wormlike amphibians known as caecilians.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Reynolds says Boreal toads in Colorado are critically endangered, with estimates that there may be fewer than 1,000 individuals left in the wild.
—Alex Lehnert, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The design and details impressed archaeologists, but the feature that caught their attention was the presence of four sculpted toads placed around the drumhead, Arkeonews explained.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Each parking lot has its own special symbol (besides the blue dolphin and the yellow toucan, there are red snappers, pink flamingos, green toads and white sea horses) and is planted with a different tree species.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
Participants will be trained to learn the chirps and croaks of various local frog and toad species, then commit to going out to a particular piece of the watershed near their homes a couple of nights per month to listen for the frogs and toads and record their absence or presence.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Members of Wrenham Toad Patrols shared their frustrations on social media, noting that officials gave no notice of maintenance, which limited their ability to assist the toads.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
As warmer weather comes to Mlochowski Forest, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Warsaw, thousands of toads and frogs wake up from their winter slumber and begin their meticulous spawning journey to the marshes, a few kilometers away.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Today's amphibians include frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and the wormlike amphibians known as caecilians.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Reynolds says Boreal toads in Colorado are critically endangered, with estimates that there may be fewer than 1,000 individuals left in the wild.
—Alex Lehnert, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The design and details impressed archaeologists, but the feature that caught their attention was the presence of four sculpted toads placed around the drumhead, Arkeonews explained.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Each parking lot has its own special symbol (besides the blue dolphin and the yellow toucan, there are red snappers, pink flamingos, green toads and white sea horses) and is planted with a different tree species.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
Participants will be trained to learn the chirps and croaks of various local frog and toad species, then commit to going out to a particular piece of the watershed near their homes a couple of nights per month to listen for the frogs and toads and record their absence or presence.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toads
Noun
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About 90% of dogs with Lyme disease show no symptoms, the association said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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This, afterall, was a family who when Avedon was a child growing up in Manhattan, would sometimes borrow other people’s pet dogs to complete the happy family photo.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The four paintings are Joan Miró’s Composition (1953), Maurice Utrillo’s Maison de rendez-vous de chasse de Henri IV, rue Saint-Vincent, Montmartre (1934), Balthus’s Etude pour femme couchée (1948), and Pablo Picasso’s L’Ecuyere et les clowns (1961).—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here, witches are real — and so are jerks.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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This was just the beginning of us young anarchists becoming judgmental jerks.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2026
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If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Only about 30 percent of all nests evade their many predators, including skunks, opossums, raccoons, coyotes, snakes, and even domestic dogs and cats.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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The new series was filmed primarily outdoors in Texas, presenting challenges like extreme heat and venomous snakes.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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There are snakes and hyenas and wild dogs.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The four-part docuseries focuses on reptiles — Goode’s first love, according to a synopsis of the series — and the collectors and smugglers going to great lengths to get their hands on rarer and deadlier species in what has become a billion-dollar criminal enterprise that spans six continents.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Microplastics have previously been documented in fish, invertebrates, birds, reptiles, mammals, soil and water across the Amazon — but never before in wild tadpoles.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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Hantaviruses are typically spread by rodents such as mice or rats.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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The residents sheltering in place during the pandemic hit more deer, left more trash that fed more rats, all of which sustained a bigger pack of coyotes over the past year.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Toads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toads. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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