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panther

[pan-ther] / ˈpæn θər /
NOUN
large cat
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It’s a black panther, and it leads me to a place where I’m able to pray and meditate and calm my body down so I can be free.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The bathrooms are decorated with faux marble, and the image of a black panther with a yellow eye fixed on customers as they freshen up.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

It was the screensaver of a black panther that first inspired the look of Toothless in the animated films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

Fitak says he's encouraged by the findings reported in the study, and that he hopes the Florida panther population remains robust if chronic wasting disease becomes prevalent in Florida's deer herd.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

“Khalid,” I say, “why’d you choose a dragonfly? Why not something cool, like a lion or a panther or a wolf?”

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

In the 20-minute gameplay sequence, Lara Croft -- still in her famous blue top and brown shorts -- explores an abandoned tomb in Greece, battling panthers and dodging giant swords falling from the ceiling.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Mountain lions, also called pumas, cougars, catamounts or panthers, can be found throughout North America, but now are mostly in 15 western states, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

They’ve been told to buddy up when taking trips to the latrines because of “alligators and Florida panthers and venomous snakes and different types of creatures.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

The panthers ran in circles, changing color, and ten million animals, running before the fire, vanished off toward a distant steaming river..

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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