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calves

[kavz, kahvz] / kævz, kɑvz /


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In the 1870s, a Pend d’Oreille Indian named Walking Coyote captured a few bison calves from northern Montana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bluetongue is an awful disease affecting cattle and sheep, leading to the death of lambs and calves.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The last documented California grizzly killed was hunted down in August 1922 by a Tulare County rancher named Jesse Agnew, who blamed his dead calves on the grizzly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Annabelle shuffles and pants, feeling the pull in her thighs and calves and the press in her lungs.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti


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