squirrel

A chattering squirrel or darting bunny might distract or call up a distant memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

And at East Bay Hardware, Emma chased a squirrel into the store that took two days to remove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The squirrel monkey, which relies strongly on vision, has a brain dominated by the neocortex.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

A Tigers spokesperson told The Times on Tuesday that the team’s understanding is that the squirrel was in “fine health” after it was removed and released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

We ate squirrel tonight, and it reminded me of the days when you and me you and I went hunting with slingshots, back when we were young ones.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Skunks, squirrels, and opossums also serve as hosts for feeding ticks, but most are much less effective at passing the Lyme disease bacterium to them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

What is the family labrador-slash-wide receiver doing this December besides barking out the window at squirrels?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

According to Natural England, external, causes for the decline include the introduction of grey squirrels from the USA and Canada from 1876 spreading the squirrelpox virus, which is fatal to the red squirrels only.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

All are adorned with jewels and tails made of real horse hair, many of which have been eaten by squirrels or other critters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Fred trotted after Jenny and posed for a few quick snapshots with the two squirrels and Tater.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

The funds we squirreled away back then help buffer us from inflation in retirement now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025

The powder was designed to trap the greenhouse gas in its microscopic pores, then release it when it’s ready to be squirreled away someplace where it can’t contribute to global warming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

In fact, I still have a box or two of these cereals squirreled away at my house, even though I'm well into adulthood, working as an assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

She found bits and pieces of magic in the gaps of the world and squirreled them away.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

"I just feel like right now, we need that money squirrelled away in a safe spot," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

During the late 2000s, when Pliny the Younger became the most sought-after ale in North America, Brouwer’s had kegs of the triple IPA squirrelled away.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

Given the lax-to-nonexistent policing in Ottawa, it’s impossible to know what else could be squirrelled away in the convoy’s warren of vehicles, tents, and bases.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2022

Before they left, they squirrelled away tens of billions of dollars in government funds in a network of private bank accounts around the world.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019

For the City’s most ambitious financiers, this was tantalising: there was all this money squirrelled away, doing nothing much, and it was exactly what they needed in their quest to start selling bonds again.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2018

But, mindful of fluctuating costs, they have also been taking steps to reduce their fuel consumption, while "squirreling away that extra little bit of cash".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

You have to choose — there’s no squirreling out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Officials have been squirreling away reserves in anticipation of the contract, though they’re unlikely to cover the full cost.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

In his early working years, he was a lifeguard and installed sprinkler systems, squirreling away his earnings with the goal of starting a private investment firm.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2021

She'd seen both her mother and father do it so many times during her childhood, squirreling away money from their business to avoid the prying eyes—and pockets—of the bankers of the Marvellian Mint.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

He still rereads his manuscripts from the beginning each day—an increasing burden, as each book goes on—stripping away what’s superfluous and squirrelling new ideas into the gaps.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019

In early 2016 some analysts fretted that consumers were squirrelling away the money they were saving on cheap petrol, and so denying the economy a needed fillip.

From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2017

There’s no heavy murk or gothic doom, just that gorgeous, squirrelling synth that’s sad and sweet, vulnerable and lost.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2015

Frances Smith said: "We have support from people on all sides – it's not just bookshops, it's also other independent retailers who are struggling, while these multinational companies are squirrelling away money."

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2013

If they had fled after squirrelling away millions, why was there no sign of largesse?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013