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purr

[pur] / pɜr /
NOUN
noise
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To promote the product - called Lemme Purr - she posted an Instagram video of herself, surrounded by cats, as she eats one of the gummies.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

In fact, my cat’s full name is Aaron Purr Sir.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021

“I think the entire seasonal cycle should adapt itself to the climate crisis,” says Saskia Purr, a student at Nottingham Trent University.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2020

Animal number one, the cat Purr, is designated as X1, animal number 2, Toto, is designated as X2 and so on through Dundee who is animal number 10 and is designated as X10.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Purr laid himself down, tucked his front paws under the white spot on his chest, and looked at her with his gooseberry eyes.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman




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