weasel

Example Sentences

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“But when universities do the same thing by trying to weasel out of their contracts, it’s equally corrosive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

Wolverines resemble diminutive bears but are actually the largest members of the weasel family, weighing up to 40 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

But it increased by 56 percent in Central California, thanks to these little creatures in the weasel family.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

Only this one looked like the weasel that used to steal our chickens.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron