neuter
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Others also neuter stray cats and dogs to stop their populations from growing.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
His legislation would also provide free vaccinations and spay or neuter services to the felines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
To admit facts but strip them of consequence is to neuter the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness standard.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
He maintains Barker’s tradition, advising viewers to spay and neuter their pets, but closes each episode with “I love you” and encourages viewers to take care of their mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Gender, a grammatical term for “kind,” describes the ways some languages categorize nouns and pronouns as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
As a key oil producer, Saudi Arabia is relied upon to surge output and stabilize markets during crises, but any physical degradation of its export capacity neuters this critical fail-safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The group feeds, spays and neuters cats, and places them into adoption.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
It truly does set you free because it neuters the power of others’ narratives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Those feelings of rage, and how the bully behaves, neuters and neutralizes them.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2022
There are three sets of neuters in each colony—major and minor workers and soldiers: also one wingless queen is found in each nest.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
Spa has a reputation as one of the greatest race tracks on the planet, but this weekend's grand prix has confirmed fears that the new engines introduced this year have neutered much of its challenge.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“The IRS is neutered right now,” Granado-Gomez said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Such clout also made Zhang a potential alternate power center to Xi, who has routinely neutered even latent threats to his dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
She also opposes public funds being given to business owners rather than low-income families who want their cats spayed or neutered.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Rondell told us about a former foster mom’s crazy cat that never got neutered and always sat in their sixth-story window meowing at female cats that pranced by on the street below.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
They also take cats in for veterinary care and neutering if needed.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
She is also an advocate for making spaying and neutering, which typically costs several hundred dollars, more affordable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
These would include vet visits, mandatory spaying or neutering, and ensuring the cats have sufficient food, water and a safe place to sleep.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
The mere threat of that — of publicly and explicitly neutering the Senate — could be enough for the GOP caucus to get in line.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
Joint disorders and cancers are of particular interest because neutering removes male and female sex hormones that play key roles in important body processes such as closure of bone growth plates.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
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