skunk
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The lawyers point to the use of cartoon animals by convenience stores since at least the 1930s: Sinclair Oil has a dinosaur, Stinker Stores a skunk, Esso a tiger and Wawa a goose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
You couldn’t turn on your television without seeing this woman pop up somewhere, sporting a black-and-white skunk wig, preaching her freak-forward gospel.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025
Like an urban squirrel or skunk, you are, alarmingly often, in danger of having your body shattered by a two-ton machine hurtling through space at 70 miles per hour.
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
In Jerusalem, police used skunk water - a foul-smelling substance fired from water cannon - to clear protesters who had blocked the Begin Boulevard, the city's major north-south highway.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
I peer around to make sure it’s not a skunk; then I see a fuzzy squirrel race up a tree.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
They must be hungry—twice they catch skunks, and a sealed house with a skunk inside, loaded or unloaded, is more than this viewer wanted to contemplate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The island is also home to animals such as island foxes, spotted skunks and elephant seals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The virus is known to infect mammals — from skunks, bears, and cows to people and house pets.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
Prehistoric elephants, saber-toothed cats, jaguars, llamas, peccaries, deer, skunks and bears streamed from North America to South.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
The only real bad part of it was the skunks.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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