badger

Tejon means “badger” in Spanish, and all it took was some Spaniard on an 1806 expedition happening upon a dead badger there for the name to stick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"He deserves better than being replaced by a badger," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

The Government last month said it will not be extending the badger cull and retains its commitment to end the practice before the next election.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

All work on badger setts must be completed between July and the end of November so the repairs did not interfere with the badgers' mating season, they explained.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024

The badger looked more relaxed now, but Clare noticed how she positioned herself so the table was between her and the wolf.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The lakes region Mr. Hoffman describes as “magnetic and mercurial” is home to bears, wolves, badgers, otters and a surprising variety of other creatures, yet their ways of life are being threatened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

The proposed openings in the wall, about the size of a piece of paper, would provide passage for animals like bobcats, badgers and even female mountain lions and their young.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

“We’ve planted 20,000 trees around the site, we’ve replaced habitats and homes for protected species like bats, newts and badgers and created wildflower meadows specifically for wildlife foraging,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

She knew there were a few jackals, bushpigs, honey badgers, and porcupines.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

His interest grew when he discovered that the cave, known as Wogan Cavern, showed little signs of previous excavation - so he "badgered" Dr Rob Dinnis, from the University of Aberdeen, to take a look.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

He asked blistering public questions of city and state leaders, badgered Washington to investigate the fire, and joined other displaced residents in filing a lawsuit for “inverse condemnation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

For months, Meta’s algorithm badgered me to buy a little piece of plastic mounted on a magnet.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

The following morning, the Plain Dealer would publish a story mentioning Ed Lim’s “aggressive” tactics, how he had badgered poor Mrs. McCullough to the point of tears.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Costco raised its fees in 2024 — the first such increase in seven years — after months of badgering from Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

After successfully badgering his dad to take him to a local club to play on full-size tables at the age of eight, the young Hunter made the leap from table top snooker with aplomb.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

And then there are the bit players they run into throughout who, in Mr. Panahi’s acidic vision of a desperate society, tend to end interactions by badgering for a tip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

“The jury sees this, and it ends up risking looking like you’re just badgering this woman,” Haberman said.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

That is what my sass was doing to me, worrying and badgering me with her never-ending orders and scoldings.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan