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[deer] / dɪər /


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Mott set off a security alarm when he jumped the fence, but the operator on duty mistook the cause of the alert as a herd of deer just outside the fence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Lingjing appears to have been a butchering site where Homo juluensis processed animals such as deer.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

The work of Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova, the deer was first installed in Pokrovsk in the eastern Donbas when the front line with Russian forces was almost 40 kilometres away.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The hunting of their favourite prey also threatens the future of the tigers -- especially that of deer, which make up 80 percent of their diet.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Inside, the lobby was an intriguing jumble of mahogany and moth-eaten velvet, interspersed with deer heads, calendars from filling stations, and a large collection of Bicentennial commemorative trivets, mounted and hung upon the wall.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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