beaver

There was: the Thirsty Beaver on Germantown Road, a biker bar with a stuffed beaver stationed at the front door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"One beaver wetland won't solve all of our drought problems," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Eleanor Nash, community ranger at Forestry England, said beaver kits were nursed for about two to three months.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Soccer fans visiting a very large gas station for the first time… carry-on BBQ sandwiches & beaver nuggets?

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

"You should have gone right, not left. But welcome. Come in and Ell fry you a beaver tail."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The name is thought to come from the time of year when beavers were particularly active, preparing their lodges and storing food ahead of winter.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"It's been really interesting to see how the general public have taken to beavers and getting people thinking about seeing them back in our countryside."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Flooding two years ago during Hurricane Helene swept beavers inland from the Ogeechee River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

By the time the beavers were trapped and their dams dismantled, a few dozen acres of trees were dead and too dangerous to remove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They were ragged and looked more like the work of beavers.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

If Musk had quietly beavered away on something that might have helped, that would have been one thing, but that isn’t Musk’s style – he happily admits to his own arrogance.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018

For two months, they beavered away at the problem.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2014

There were issues of "privacy" and "commercial confidentiality" here apparently, as big hackers beavered away untouched.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2013

"They have beavered away trying this and trying that and the formulations have changed over the last 50 years, but not radically."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2011

"I cut forty-nine, and the boss," he added dryly, not realizing that Roosevelt was within hearing—"the boss he beavered down seventeen."

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn

I didn’t set out to leverage AI, beavering away in the background while I sleep, to set my priorities every morning, and even help me regulate my physical and mental health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Adam Le Doux, the creator of the game-making software, was working as a programmer at Microsoft while beavering away on creative projects in his spare time.

From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2022

Hewlett, meanwhile, has been beavering away at his home in Paris.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2020

“What I remember is this rivetingly beautiful dark-haired creature beavering away in her cubbyhole,” said Barbara Jakobson, a longtime Museum of Modern Art trustee.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

Thank'ee, Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart—but I do a little beavering for myself as occasions offer.

From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper