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badger

[baj-er] / ˈbædʒ ər /


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"By combining non-invasive genetic monitoring with sett surveys, camera traps and movement data, we can estimate local badger numbers, check the proportion of the population reached and identify significant gaps," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Tejon means “badger” in Spanish, and all it took was some Spaniard on an 1806 expedition happening upon a dead badger there for the name to stick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Asked whether Wales could see badger culling in future in response to bovine TB he said he agreed with Wales' TB Programme Board that the disease should be addressed "in wildlife" as well as livestock.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

"He deserves better than being replaced by a badger," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

The badger stepped back, surveying the surrounding forest with obvious confusion.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

I took a mat next to the American black bears and American badgers, only slightly jealous that the mats next to the large-scale walrus diorama were taken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The lakes region Mr. Hoffman describes as “magnetic and mercurial” is home to bears, wolves, badgers, otters and a surprising variety of other creatures, yet their ways of life are being threatened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Turned out, no, copperheads can’t beat honey badgers.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

In another encounter, he says, a woman appeared to have been "badgered into it".

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

When Stolz was just 11 years old in Wisconsin, he badgered his then-coach, Jeff Brand, into letting him tag along in an “ice marathon” workout—100 laps and 40,000 meters, or just shy of 25 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

For months, Meta’s algorithm badgered me to buy a little piece of plastic mounted on a magnet.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

Then I half coaxed, half badgered him out of his bed and into the shower.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

Costco raised its fees in 2024 — the first such increase in seven years — after months of badgering from Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

Those of ancient lineage may be thinking of the infamous LBJ phone call badgering the head of ABC to get college-football broadcasts for Lady Bird’s TV station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

During the trial, throughout which Heard was subject to badgering online, Heard expressed her desire to forgo the “torture” of the ongoing litigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

“The jury sees this, and it ends up risking looking like you’re just badgering this woman,” Haberman said.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

“Well. . . um . I.. . I. . Petra stood. “Stop badgering her!

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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