wildcat

Example Sentences

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Word spread that a new band was throwing wildcat ragers in the ugliest parts of town.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Two wildcat helicopters with anti-drone-capabilities will also arrive in Cyprus on Friday.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 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

Critics say that infrastructure built for industrial mines—such as access roads, ports and power lines—inevitably attracts illegal loggers, ranchers and wildcat miners deeper into the jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

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