fawn
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He has no siblings, no schoolmates and, after the death of the only other boy within walking distance, no friends—but he has Flag, an orphaned fawn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
This is not a preying tiger in the Indian jungle - but a happily mooching Dalmatian dog in Dagnam Park, Romford, unknowingly closing in on a days-old fallow deer fawn.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025
Some are catching up with old friends and co-stars, some are kissing their dates in plain sight and some fawn over the cool kids they haven’t yet met.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024
From behind the cottages, a speckled, long-legged fawn appeared, sniffed the air, then trotted quickly toward Medwyn.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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