boar
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In the past, some in the community considered wild boar and deer pests for damaging their gardens and crops, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the day went on, we saw wild boar, red deer and a single nervous fox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Wild boar, he tells the BBC, have become a particular problem, causing "a huge increase in traffic accidents and transmission of diseases".
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
More than two dozen full-grown sows, plus the young pigs and the boar with the grey, bristling back.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The presence of woodland ecosystems in southern Doggerland 16,000 years ago also suggests the area could have supported abundant wildlife and provided valuable resources for humans, including animals such as boars.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026
The discovery of two cases in boars last week in the Collserola Natural Park, Spain's first since 1994, has sparked fears for the country's powerful pork export industry.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Scientists say that bear numbers have grown in Japan in recent years thanks to an abundance of food such as acorns, deer and boars due to a warming climate.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
In Kharkiv, Ukraine, for example, human displacement during the Russian invasion led to the return of wild boars and deer to urban parks, according to the study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
Blind boars of wind crashed through the nervy woods.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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