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kitten

[kit-n] / ˈkɪt n /
NOUN
young cat
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Muriel Spark, best remembered for her sophisticated and witty fiction, tried her hand at verse-writing with a series of poems about Bluebell the kitten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It had been found in the forest by a local resident, who initially thought it was a domestic kitten.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The 3-week-old kitten was found in his den on March 25.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Gemma Champ, a writer from north London, rescued her cat Frankie as a kitten 17 years ago, when she lived in Abu Dhabi.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

His hands freeze in mid-clap when he sees the young lady who has just caught the white kitten and is now lifting it to her shoulder where it sits along with the black kitten.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

“Great Writers” paints portraits of the mewling kittens, dexterous mousers and lazy lap cats who happen to have witnessed the birth of some of humanity’s favorite texts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gary and Shaggy first stood out as kittens because of their unusually long limbs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Recently, in the Simi Hills north of the crossing, his team marked three kittens, the first litter for the 3 ½-year-old lion known as P-113.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Roadside signs advertise firewood, free kittens and raw milk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Her belly was swollen with the kittens she’d have in just a few days.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby


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