wildcat

Example Sentences

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Nineteenth-century wildcat notes circulated in an era when collateral requirements, where they existed at all, were routinely evaded and unenforceable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

This is pushing wildcat miners into relatively untouched areas like Bau.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

To better understand how evolution shaped these sounds, the researchers compared domestic cat meows with those of five wild cat species: African wildcat, European wildcat, jungle cat, cheetah, and cougar.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

The turning point came in 1940, when the Coast Guard started detecting new code signals coming from unlicensed wildcat stations like the ones the rumrunners had used.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield