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hairy

[hair-ee] / ˈhɛər i /




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I got the hairy eyeball from fellow TV panelists when I said in 2019 that it was careless of the French to let Notre-Dame burn down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Go!" shouted Ivan Deforge, and without hesitation his 300-kilo hairy sidekicks Karym and Ural leapt through a ring of fire under the dome of the Great Moscow Circus.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified two previously unknown species of sea spider, including one with hairy legs and striking red eyes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

“It’s so funny because it’s like these people have maybe never seen a woman in a bathing suit with hairy legs,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

She yelped as black liquid oozed from the open wound and a hairy white spider crept out and skittered away.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Bumblebees have much hairier bodies than honeybees, making it easier for dust and airborne particles containing heavy metals to cling to them before being carried back to the nest with pollen.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

Things got even hairier when Usha’s execrable husband, Vice President J.D.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

Criticism has flooded in, including that engineering mammoth-like creatures is a big stretch from making mice hairier, as well as being unethical, and that the whole project is a publicity stunt.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

The two subspecies look quite similar, but the northern version has subtle physical differences, including hairier ears and feet that are better suited to its swampy habitat.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 24, 2024

To them, the hairier the situation became, the more exciting it was.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

They include experienced operators who can solve any problem, supervisors who can get a struggling shift back on track, production assistants who can sort out the hairiest schedule, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The writer-directors are themselves a real-life couple who adopted a child, so ostensibly we’re getting an exaggeratedly autobiographical peek into what self-preservation on the cusp of dadhood looks like at its off-the-charts hairiest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

She said I was the hairiest thing she had ever seen.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021

“This will be — probably — your hairiest caucus of all time,” one of the show’s anchors cracked wise to the cartoonist.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2016

Malik has the hairiest toes, and for the last few weeks, his right big toenail has been all black and blue and yellow because he jammed it doing a backflip.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner


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