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she-wolf

[shee-woolf] / ˈʃiˌwʊlf /


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"She's so inspiring to women," says one fan, wearing furry she-wolf ears, shortly before the show.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

In one meme, a boar replaces the she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, Rome’s mythical forefathers.

From Washington Post Jul. 17, 2022

When the she-wolf returned from the hunt, racing to the aid of her young, she bounded past the hunter and, as she did, he grabbed her by the tail.

From The Guardian Nov. 24, 2020

Mamá’s eyes flashed, her nostrils flared, and her mouth was set into a straight thin line, like a she-wolf snarling fiercely as she protected her cubs.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

There is a self-conscious playfulness to a movement that inspires women to identify with she-wolves constructed from discarded bones or brand themselves witches on social media despite an illiteracy with spellcraft.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2019

These tend to be named after animals: snails, porcupines, she-wolves.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2018

However, while Kress’s account of the she-wolves cannot be corroborated, his broadsheet offers some tantalizing suggestions about the perception and creation of early modern werewolves.

From Time May 27, 2015

If the story of Stubbe Peter is somewhat dubious, the tale of the Jülich she-wolves borders on absurd.

From Time May 27, 2015

How you can go smiling around that den of big and little she-wolves, patting the head of one, and playing with the paw of another, I cannot understand, friend Raymond.

From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Pyle, Howard




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