toad
Example Sentences
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Though if it had been a cane toad - one of the country's most damaging, and ugly pests - that would be another story, she said.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
There is a bench shaped like a butterfly, a retaining wall with a snake sculpture, and a green metal gate with an arch in the form of a giant toad.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
Presidents came and went while Hoover sat in FBI headquarters like an all-seeing toad.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025
Beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
The horned toad tripped and fell headfirst into the dusty earth.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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