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creature

[kree-cher] / ˈkri tʃər /


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Perhaps, in an ironic twist of fate, the truly original summertime creature feature went extinct before the onscreen dinosaurs could.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

What every manager in the world would give for such a one-dimensional creature.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Today I arrived at the course with a single objective: Finish without maiming any creature, especially myself.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

A team of veterinarians rushed to assist the visibly feeble creature, giving him water before carrying him away on a stretcher.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Some missed, but a spattering caught the right flame; Christopher threw again, and again, bending to kneel in the wet dirt and hurl mud at the creature.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

A field guide to the dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street: Anne Hathaway’s new movie presents us with a whole host of prehistoric creatures.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

She’s then dropped into the water, where the winged creatures swarm her once more.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

These ancient sea creatures have lived in the oceans for more than 500 million years, predating dinosaurs and trees.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

In “Tin Can Coast,” Joseph Ogilvy explores the poetry and the beauty of this coastal world, the marine creatures who live within it, as well as the practices that are gutting it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

That meant the good creatures of the Forever Gardens and the Shadow Queen herself were real.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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