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squirrel

[skwur-uhl, skwuhr-, skwir-uhl] / ˈskwɜr əl, ˈskwʌr-, ˈskwɪr əl /


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Finally, one of the crew members caught the squirrel under a towel and carried him off the field.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"Jian and the other microraptors probably weren't capable of true, powered flight, but they could probably glide like a flying squirrel," says O'Connor.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

"Nowadays you are more likely to see a red squirrel than you are a grey squirrel."

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Many conservation groups believe England's red squirrel population is close to extinction and the data captured by the cameras during the two year project will detect threats from invading greys early.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

A squirrel raiding our bird feeder natters at me in irritation before it hops away to try its luck at the bird feeder two houses over.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Several squirrels have frequented the ballpark during Tigers games over the years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"Squirrelpox is carried by the invasive grey squirrels that were brought into this country at the end of the 1800s," he said.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Observe: There are no plants building cathedrals, squirrels gazing at the stars or two AI models on a date night looking into each other’s eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

On top of that, squirrels and mice have damaged the insulation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

Someday Ray will find a tree full of squirrels, and Axel will see the eagles fly.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Andrzejewski’s company now has 30 boxes of pennies squirreled away.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

"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

It was from frankly upsetting circumstances, so I’ve squirreled it away in some high-yield savings accounts and continued to live comfortably off my regular income.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2024

That’s because federal insurance programs will protect all the money typical Californians have squirreled away in a bank or credit union.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2023

Jessie always had money squirreled away in her lock box.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

"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

Was he surprised by the quality of the shots people had squirrelled away?

From The Guardian Nov. 19, 2019

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

“I just worry about the undisclosed kind of squirreling money away,” Rossman said.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

River, 69, spends $100 on a box of 20 Alaska wild salmon fillets, squirreling them away in the freezer and rationing them out for “luxurious” dinners for her and her roommate Paul Allen, 70.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2022

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

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

Unbeknown to them, Farepak, the savings club they were squirrelling their cash into, was in serious trouble.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2012

And Switzerland's banking privacy is under threat from a long-running dispute with the US, which takes a dim view of its wealthier citizens squirrelling away funds in Swiss banks to avoid tax.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2011




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