boar
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Hunter said: "They were very fierce animals to face in the hunt, so the symbolism of the boar is a lot about the strength of it - a very appropriate adversary in battle."
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 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
"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
So when the wild boar said, Freedom is inside that thicket of branches where I sleep, they followed him.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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
By the end of March, 232 boars had tested positive.
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
"More positive boars will definitely be found, we still do not have the minute zero to start counting down those 12 months," warned Higuera, saying "the situation will drag on for a time".
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The bar’ hogs weren’t any more vicious than the boars, but they’d hang with the sows and help them protect the pigs and shoats, when generally the boars pulled off to range alone.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"Boar Out There" by Cynthia Rylant
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