lion
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Make sure the lion or owl is in business attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But I do cherish thoughts of snorkeling with playful sea lion pups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Researchers studying a small suburban preserve about 45 miles south of San Francisco discovered that as mountain lion activity increased, the behavior of many other animals changed as well.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Three hours before the match, AFP spoke with several protesters who held tickets and wore T-shirts printed with that pre-revolution flag -- horizontal green, white and red stripes overlaid with a sun and a lion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The cows smelled the lion at the southern end and stampeded to the north—toward the other waiting lion.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
This makes the sea lions sick, and eventually they could wash up dead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It follows four rival families of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as they compete for dominance, with all the shifting alliances, betrayals and power struggles of a prestige drama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Graham, for better and worse, had built up a fiefdom for himself in foreign policy, similar to the way McCain or other old Senate lions had.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The zoo, which is based at the family-run farm in Old Hurst near Huntingdon, has more than 100 animals, including lions, tigers and meerkats.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Chica would be safer on the sandy sea bottom off Turtle Beach, but sea lions can’t stay underwater forever.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
