fur
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Dressed in a gray T-shirt, dark collared shirt and leather pants, RM’s hair is a light burnt sienna color matching the fur of the stylized tiger on the screen behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Keeping your fur baby healthy can take a big bite out of your budget.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The newsletter and article incorrectly said Macy’s sold real fur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Beavers became extinct in the UK in the 16th Century when they were hunted for their fur, meat and scent glands.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was of fur, with a blue satin ribbon for under the chin.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Shopkeepers at the boutique frantically hid their furs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Staff started out by wearing bear masks and animal furs, then crawling into the enclosure to spoon-feed the cubs formula.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri marked her return to Fendi at Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, presenting a sensual and lightweight collection featuring "remodelled" furs and leathers crafted like lace.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The needles likely were used to create garments from the animals' furs to keep the early foragers warm in what was a cool climate.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
“The dead request five more minutes,” she would say, and bury her head in the furs.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Known as the Blue Bear Beast Bloodlust Incarnate, the ferocious, turquoise-colored furred monster has claws and bites.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
The former is a low-mounding perennial with furred purple blooms on short stems in spring, while the latter is a deciduous woody vine that produces nodding, deep yellow flowers in late summer.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
His new, weird, soft sponginess is unsettling at best, and though his furred friends are a little less off-putting, it’s not by much.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2021
Dust furred the jackets of books on display.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2020
Claire wore a thick furred vest that Alys has stitched for her from an animal hide, and warm boots from the same hide, laced with sinew.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
I was astounded by what I saw as I removed the drywall that was screwed to the wood furring strips that were nailed to the four-inch solid concrete block that made the chimney.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
If flue gases had escaped from the chimney, they could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
Made of rare-earth magnets encased in wood, the holder looks almost like a well-sanded and stained furring strip.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019
Bad cholesterol is the villain in heart world - it leads to blood vessels furring up, becoming easy to block which fatally starves the heart or brain of oxygen.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2017
The pine paneling was gone from the walls leaving just the furring strips.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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