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[hair-ee] / ˈhɛər i /




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Mangalitsa-cross pigs are related to the hairy Hungarian breed, developed in the 1830s, that mixed eastern European domestic breeds with the wild boar.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

"You can kind of picture them like hairy particles," said Moore.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

As the Washington Post reported before the hearing, Mullin has never served in the military, but he has often told stories alluding to being in hairy situations “overseas” while on “special assignments.”

From Slate Mar. 18, 2026

Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2026

She held it in the air with her tiny, hairy arms.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

Then the adults themselves noticed that their noses were getting bigger and that they were growing hairier.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

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

On Monday night, the loudest cheers were often reserved for the fluffiest, the hairiest and the cutest of the breed winners.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2020

A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs.

From The Guardian Dec. 27, 2019

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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