fur
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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
Perhaps it’s being pet in a certain way, combing their fur with a brush or letting them chase a feather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Authorities suspect the primates, known for their shaggy red fur, were trafficked into India, sparking a criminal investigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
But his lavender fur was as full and lovely and unburnt as ever.
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
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
They owned a country house near Bangor, in Wales, stayed in expensive hotels and Violet wore diamonds, furs and had a passion fast cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
Without the skins and furs from the Powhatans, we would all freeze.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Known as the Blue Bear Beast Bloodlust Incarnate, the ferocious, turquoise-colored furred monster has claws and bites.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
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
As the least hirsute primates, humans have long sought out furred animals — trapping, killing and skinning them — for the purpose of wearing them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019
I feel like I have spent half my life wanting them, with their delicate, furred points.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
The shocking thing is that the flue gases had escaped from the chimney and could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.
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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