vulpine
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And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared and released back into the region — marking a major victory for conservation efforts to protect the elusive vulpine.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
A slim, pale, vulpine man in his mid-thirties, with well-tended light-brown hair and a goatee, came onstage, dressed in a trim black suit and a black shirt.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 30, 2019
It cuts to black just as its protagonist is in a room alone with her sister, who’s been revealed as a vulpine predator.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018
But she’s wilier than you expect, bringing to the part the same vulpine alertness to opportunity she demonstrated as a political Eve Harrington type in “The City of Conversation,” also by Mr. Giardina.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Tally turned away from the vulpine eyes, shut out the razor- blade voice.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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