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boar

[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /


NOUN
swine
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In the past, some in the community considered wild boar and deer pests for damaging their gardens and crops, she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

But now the ancient woodland is being revitalised with the pigs - half wild boar, half Tamworth - which are turning over the soil.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025

The boar smashed into the covered tunnel, tearing through at full speed.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

The presence of woodland ecosystems in southern Doggerland 16,000 years ago also suggests the area could have supported abundant wildlife and provided valuable resources for humans, including animals such as boars.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

ASF is highly contagious and lethal for pigs and wild boars, but it does not affect humans.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

The discovery of two cases in boars last week in the Collserola Natural Park, Spain's first since 1994, has sparked fears for the country's powerful pork export industry.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters about the world's third-largest producer of the meat and its derivatives.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

They hurtled together as it had been two boars.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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