fur
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Elephant seals live in open water, but it’s common for them to return to where they were born for molting season, when they shed their topmost layer of skin and fur.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The animals operated in the high temperatures of La Guaira, exposing themselves to dehydration and abrasions to their fur, something visible on Sisu's neck.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
After his career prospered, he bought his wife a fur coat one Christmas and, to make the gift more of a surprise, wrapped it in a microwave box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
There was a room entirely designed by the artist Kenny Scharf, and it was covered in fake fur — in a club when smoking was still allowed!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
His fur was hot from the insistent sun.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Shopkeepers at the boutique frantically hid their furs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Stylist Renee May, who stopped by with shoppers looking to modernize their grandmother's coats and check out new jackets, told AFP "a lot of my clients are wearing their furs again."
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Beavers in the UK were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century, mainly for their furs.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
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
With her one dared peek, Pinmei could see only an opulence of the golden silk dragon robes and black furs.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Print off the wildlife checklist before you go and watch for a Pacific jumping mouse and Roosevelt elk, among hundreds of finned, furred and feathered creatures listed.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
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
America’s astounding natural treasures, including the furred and feathered ones, are an irreplaceable part of the national heritage.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Dust furred the jackets of books on display.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2020
Sir Bliant, who had been staying the night, was dressed in scarlet furred with miniver.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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