feral
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Things would soon get positively feral as Karol’s backing rock band, composed entirely of women, shredded through the outro of the song “TQG,” giving it a heavy metal edge.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"Here on Rathlin in 2017, a feral ferret reached one of our puffin colonies and killed 27 puffins in a two-day period," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The sweet, slightly feral smell of soil shrugging off ice.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Among the precursors of the two-part documentary “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is Francois Truffaut’s “The Wild Child” of 1970, the dramatized story of Victor of Aveyron, the celebrated feral enfant of late 1700s France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Richard Lopez’s skin was pale and sweating in the firelight and his grin was wide and feral.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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