wolf
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If you’ve ever hidden how sick you are, then remission can turn you into the boy who didn’t cry wolf.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
“But this time, I swear, there’s really no wolf there.”
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
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
Then he said it in wolf talk, hunkering down on his haunches and making low, reassuring mewing noises.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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"I saw chickens, some wolves and some monkeys and then the bears which were definitely my favourite."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The sanctuary, located in Burnfoot, opened in October 2019 and provides a safe space for animals, including brown bears, monkeys, wolves, and lynx.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
But when you are successful, first financially and afterward, the wolves come in to find a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
At least 50 wolves are currently known to be in the state, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s FAQ about gray wolves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
I would have thought it all a dream except that her tracks and the tracks of the wolves were there in the morning.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015
He's a boy and wolfs his food down.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
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They held court as four-legged guests wolfed down pizza pour chiens, or pizza for dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
As a teenager, I wolfed down tomes such as “Salem’s Lot,” “The Green Mile,” “Firestarter” and “Carrie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
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
Jared said, eyeing me as I wolfed the taco down in three bites.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
“Your yearbook looks stunning, Emi,” he said after I’d wolfed down a slice.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
“I would be wolfing down this food,” Walton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
He was Joey Chestnut wolfing down hot dogs, but without the prize at the end.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023
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
“Less letters,” said Akimi, snatching two “B’s” and a “Q” and wolfing them down.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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