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strays

noun as in cattle

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Animal lovers say they face hostility and sometimes even violence for taking care of strays, while people who believe dogs should be off the streets argue they can be aggressive and dangerous.

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They called for more humane solutions like vaccination and neutering and warned that putting all strays in shelters would lead to problems like overcrowding and culling.

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What’s more, “New Heights” is a controlled environment where Swift can manage the questions, framing and larger narrative to ensure nothing strays from the story she’s built, something that’s not always possible in traditional interviews.

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Don’t befriend or feed strays in your neighborhood that could be carriers of the infected fleas.

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As the bookstore owner carried on with her reading of Brendan Wenzel’s “They All Saw a Cat,” most of the children behaved, while a few strays near the front inched closer and closer to Pippi.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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