fur

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

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

Beavers, nature's engineers, were hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago, prized for their fur, meat and scent glands.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Binturongs are a vulnerable species; they face threats from habitat destruction, poaching for traditional Asian medicines, and the fur and pet trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

The band of wolf fur was tattered and filthy, but very precious.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

Inside, newly seated designer Maria Grazia Chiuri showed a collection that included "remodelled" furs, or old furs reworked.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 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

Some older women call in every day to ask about the weather, so they know if they should wear their furs.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The others had eggs but no fish, a fish carcass furred white with bacteria or nothing at all.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

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

The man, furred from his toes to his ears, walks through the moon-and-snowlit woods, silent as an owl, huge bow on his shoulder, his eyes on the dark tracks.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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