calf
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The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She later moved to Colorado, where she bought more yaks and now has about 30, including a new calf born last week, the first from a female named Inge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky has been heeding a wise Ukrainian proverb: A gentle calf suckles two mothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And that calf needs another year to reach slaughter weight, so the extra beef takes three years to arrive.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
From across the ocean I’d heard her beckoning, as if I were a troublesome calf who’d wandered from her herd.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Gropper doesn't set the price for his calves.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It couldn’t come at a worse time, as a lot of producers will be selling their calves over the next few months.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Orcas often tear apart prey and share it with other members of the group, including calves and juveniles," said Ayres.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
He left the geysers then, and they waded through water up to their ankles, then calves, then knees.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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