skunk
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It is also home to a lizard species found only on three of the Channel Islands; a spotted skunk that lives on just two Channel Islands; a unique island fox subspecies; and several uncommon birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“The skunk at the party—and it could happen in 2026—would be inflation slowly going up,” Dimon wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
Once a skunk had come plodding through our camp and it had sounded like a stegosaurus.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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
Other mammal species that have since been infected include skunks, domestic cats, bottlenose dolphins, harbor seals, foxes, mountain lions and coyotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
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
Bat didn’t mean that it was awesome that the other skunks had died.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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