chinchilla
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Somewhere in the government, a committee will soon convene on the question of the chinchilla.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
“The day after she arrived,” Ms. Smith wrote, “the fur coats, including one sable, one chinchilla and a mink, were missing,” apparently stolen from the actress’s hotel room.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
The scene captured on video is among the findings from an undercover investigation into conditions on Romania’s chinchilla fur farms, carried out last year by the animal welfare charity Humane Society International.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
TL:DR: do not lick your chinchilla while you have monkeypox.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022
And soon, amid squeals of encouragement from my friends in the Small Pet Department, from the teeniest white mouse to the lumbering chinchilla, I left Pet-O-Rama with high hopes.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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They lack the adorable charisma of chinchillas, porcupines, moles or rats, though.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
They were the first rodents to ever set foot on the continent, where they evolved into well-known groups like guinea pigs, chinchillas, capybaras and porcupines.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
The SEC has argued that the test -- which has been applied to investments in everything from whiskey casks to chinchillas -- depends on the economic realities of transactions, not the labels applied to them.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
“You weren’t just dealing with moving 400 chinchillas, which is not as hard, because they’re all one species so you can find new homes more easily for them,” Peet said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
Meanwhile, Trueba still had not made up his mind about the chinchillas.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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