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she-wolf

[shee-woolf] / ˈʃiˌwʊlf /


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"She's so inspiring to women," says one fan, wearing furry she-wolf ears, shortly before the show.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

In one meme, a boar replaces the she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, Rome’s mythical forefathers.

From Washington Post Jul. 17, 2022

The she-wolf had been out hunting, and when she returned with food, she growled and snarled at the boy.

From The Guardian Aug. 28, 2018

In the black night, we tried to sleep but were kept awake by Davis mother, who wailed like a she-wolf who had lost her cub.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

There is a self-conscious playfulness to a movement that inspires women to identify with she-wolves constructed from discarded bones or brand themselves witches on social media despite an illiteracy with spellcraft.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2019

These tend to be named after animals: snails, porcupines, she-wolves.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2018

However, while Kress’s account of the she-wolves cannot be corroborated, his broadsheet offers some tantalizing suggestions about the perception and creation of early modern werewolves.

From Time May 27, 2015

If the story of Stubbe Peter is somewhat dubious, the tale of the Jülich she-wolves borders on absurd.

From Time May 27, 2015

This is a most masterly piece of nature; and I venture to pronounce that the man who is uninterested by it must have been born on Caucasus and nursed by she-wolves.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)




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