furry
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Lara was – apart from when she rolled in mud – a bright white furry bundle of Westie joy who wasn't far off her 11th birthday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She immediately wanted the furry Yorkie and the skinny Chihuahua; I didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
A furry AI pet batted its eyelashes at cooing onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As they acclimate to rural life, they’re embraced by a community that takes care of each other and the world around them, including the kind, furry giant who Mei names Totoro.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
A powerful wag of the wolf’s great furry tail pushed aside the drapes, and the cool blue light of the first full moon of May shone brightly upon them all.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
That comes from a debate in the Texas state legislature that was supposedly about "furries," a subculture of people who dress up as anthropomorphic animal characters.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
Fans of the characters soon started dressing as animals, ranging from cats and dogs to more fantastical creatures such as dragons and unicorns, and calling themselves furries.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
There wasn’t a big crossover between typical NFL fans and furries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
After all, you can also find newly stoked disputes about furries and schools in the U.K.,
From Slate ● May 6, 2022
A floor speech from Nebraska State Senator Bruce Bostelman that "is about something called furries."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2022
Most fashion names who show at Milan Fashion Week have already gone fur-free, including the Armani Group, Dolce & Gabbana and Prada, but a major holdout has been Fendi, which began as a furrier.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The only child of a furrier, he dealt with loneliness by immersing himself in adventure stories.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
McCormick’s aunt, Fairbanks furrier Helen Callahan, claimed she was “insane,” and McCormick was admitted to Morningside April 5, 1930, after a jury confirmed Callahan’s diagnosis, records show.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo neighbor stopped Jules Schulback, a young Jewish furrier in Berlin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
I didn’t know what he expected when he imagined the caravan as a family, but I didn’t blame the furrier or the jeweler for rejecting it.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Last week, a young wolf burrowed under a fence at his zoo in the South Korean city of Daejeon and escaped - becoming the country's newest, furriest fugitive.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
In our conversation, we also discussed the drama's interpretation of home cooking as seen on TV, got the inside scoop on the show's furriest secret ingredient and much more.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
Last year the group distributed traps to schoolchildren and gave out prizes for the most rats caught, the biggest rat, the one with the biggest teeth and the furriest coat.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
“The female was on an egg sac, and the male was the biggest, hairiest, furriest guy you’ve ever seen.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
“Thank you, sir,” said Travis, looking surprised, “but Bunny’s my pet. I can’t sell him. He’s the biggest, furriest rabbit I’ve ever had.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
