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skunk

[skuhngk] / skʌŋk /


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Who on Earth would genuinely want Fielder, the human equivalent of a skunk, to crash their last moments with their loved ones as he does his darnedest to stink up the place?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Officials say the last animal confirmed to have rabies that wasn’t a bat was a skunk infected with the bat strain of rabies in Long Beach in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

They must be hungry—twice they catch skunks, and a sealed house with a skunk inside, loaded or unloaded, is more than this viewer wanted to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“The skunk at the party—and it could happen in 2026—would be inflation slowly going up,” Dimon wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

“It’s perfect, see, because they used to celebrate Thor’s day, and now we call that Thursday. And that’s when the skunk was born.”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

"The appellant keeps a few chickens, ducks and horses on site along with a variety of more unusual animals including eagles, falcons, parrots, hornbills, mongooses, skunks, porcupine and wallaby," they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In California, bats and skunks are the animals that most often get rabies, according to the state health department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

They must be hungry—twice they catch skunks, and a sealed house with a skunk inside, loaded or unloaded, is more than this viewer wanted to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The virus is known to infect mammals — from skunks, bears, and cows to people and house pets.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024

The only real bad part of it was the skunks.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson


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