wolf
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Wolfoo, a Vietnamese animation about a young wolf who lives with his family, has had hundreds of millions of views online.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nobody has an answer – not Lady Eboshi, certainly not San’s wolf mother or a monk who turns out not to be a monk at all.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
In fact, the domestication of wolf to dog dovetailed into the emerging social structures of humankind, a coevolution documented in ancient petroglyphs of hunting from around 9000 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The return of the wolf in California has been met with joy by conservationists, who delight in the improbable population rebound, and with fury by ranchers who bemoan the toll on their cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
If Columbia could do that, I thought, if a dog could do that, then a wolf could do that.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Rather than humans simply taking control of wolves, Mitchell argues that people and wolves may initially have entered the relationship as relatively equal participants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Another paper examined how the return of wolves to Wisconsin affected car crashes with deer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The two European grey wolves travelled to New Forest Wildlife Park, in Hampshire, from zoos in Europe and will live in a new purpose-built enclosure.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now, a new study on the diet of gray wolves suggests that the population regrowth is a result of the animals feasting on cattle, as their natural prey sources remain comparatively scarce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then the wolves of Ashton Place were off, slipping like four shadows through the meadow grass and over the rolling fields until they disappeared beyond the tree line into the mysterious woods beyond.
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
They were almost as big as a normal pretty’s, but they angled upward like a wolfs.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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
The trio slept late, wolfed down more of our lunch offering than was polite, and then retreated for an afternoon nap.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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
This, of course, was why I was unable to tear myself away from the deck, wolfing down meals and sleeping as little as possible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
I follow Mohammad to where a large group of older children and teenagers sit wolfing down dishes of stew.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
