boar
Example Sentences
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Wild boar, he tells the BBC, have become a particular problem, causing "a huge increase in traffic accidents and transmission of diseases".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
"Where we have problems, and where everyone in Europe has problems, is with the wild boar population, because there is overpopulation," said Higuera.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
Drafted into Margo’s world, Sophie is soon shooting skeet, and then, having bought her own guns, wild boar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
It affects cattle, sheep, pigs and, according to the government, "other cloven-hoofed animals such as wild boar, deer, llamas and alpacas".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
I regret that I never saw a bear or wolf or followed the padding retreat of a giant hellbender salamander, never shooed away a bobcat or sidestepped a rattlesnake, never flushed a startled boar.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"Boar Out There" by Cynthia Rylant
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