gopher
Example Sentences
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But the movie is remembered primarily for Bill Murray as the club’s greenkeeper and his battles with a spirited gopher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
An example is the gopher tortoise, which digs burrows that are used by more than 350 other species for breeding, feeding, protection from predators and avoiding extreme temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
“You could live in a gopher hole. You’d be starving, so that would be perfect, because then you’d be so skinny you could fit right down there all snuggly in their little tunnels.”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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