wolf
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It has crept its way into dinner-table fodder at Ellina, where patrons wolf down $89 steaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The Mexican grey wolf is not recovered simply because the population has grown," said Claire Musser, executive director of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received two reports of a rare gray wolf sighting and photos of the carnivore in late August in an area where Mendocino, Glenn and Lake counties meet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But the eyes were silver-grey and full of light: the eyes of a wolf.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
While on the phone, he said he could see the tracks of two wolves on the road where he was walking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The program also provides money for nonlethal equipment to deter wolves, such as electric fences with bright flags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Gray wolves started to disappear from California in the 1920s but began returning to the state on their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, there are roughly 18,000 grey wolves across the US, though they are still considered endangered as most of their habitat has been destroyed by humans.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was only now that he was right side up that Admiral Faucet noticed the presence of the wolves.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Costa conveys nearly everything he needs to simply through his arrangement of the actors’ bodies: The man hungrily wolfs down his food in the foreground, chattering about Joaquim’s kindness and decency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
Alleged assailants in both cases have been painted as lone wolfs acting out of mental instability and disagreement with the politicians’ messages.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2018
He wheels his bike confidently up to the cafe, birdlike and sprightly in a striped shirt and skinny jeans, and wolfs down an éclair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016
Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015
Despite her calming words to the children, in the privacy of her own heart Penelope was still haunted by Cassiopeia’s plaintive cry at the sight of the wolfs head in Lord Fredrick’s study.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
I don’t know why, but I was suddenly ravenous and wolfed down a dozen saltines and two chocolate chip cookies just to chase the taste of my humiliation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
On January 2, I wolfed down a breakfast of dehydrated porridge with Christian Wild, a postdoctoral scholar who works with Pettit.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
Just before 1 p.m., the pair wolfed down half-smokes before they shot over to Langston.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
Here are five comfort-inspired dishes I’ve wolfed down happily in recent weeks that have warmed me up during these shivery days.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
“Alex!” his mother laughed, as Radar bounded across the room in two steps, caught the pancake in mid-air, and wolfed it down in a single gulp.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
I saw something about Messi wolfing on a brisket sandwich at a Buc-ee’s but without video proof, I suspect that may have been an AI hallucination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Inside over breakfast, the chatter of possible strikes and crew members wolfing down baked beans, fried eggs and mugs of tea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
“I would be wolfing down this food,” Walton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
People who viewed the campaign requiring them to imagine themselves wolfing down the French fries indicated a desire to eat fewer chips than those who were exposed to the French fries campaign without consumption imagery.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2023
Children sat in groups, some wolfing down their food and others listlessly picking at it.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
