shrew
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Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The model of myopia we use in the tree shrew is fairly extreme," says corresponding author Richard Lang, PhD, director of research in the Division of Ophthalmology at Cincinnati Children's.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Previous fictions have deemed Agnes a cradle robber or a shrew or the Bard’s secret co-writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
They included a horseshoe bat called Rhinolophus mabuensis and a dwarf musk shrew which scientists are still in the process of naming and describing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
Nor was she the acid-tongued shrew who defended herself with a vicious vocabulary and a fast lip.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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