wolf
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In 2022, following a court order, the gray wolf received endangered species protections in 48 states and Mexico but not in the Northern Rocky Mountains, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“This is incredibly exciting news — the news we in wolf recovery for decades have been waiting for,” Amaroq Weiss, a former senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, told the news outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
I’m not sure what’s happening to the wolf, but it is definitely feeling like winter for Djokovic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"You know the boy that cried wolf? He is the boy that cried wolf," the Emirati said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I cannot believe this man has flown out here with a wolf sitting in back of him just to get her bred by my dogs.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
They’re all gone now, long extinct just like the saber-toothed cats and dire wolves that walked the earth with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Wolf Conservation Center noted that ranchers were entitled to up to 100% compensation for any livestock losses caused by wolves under the current system, with individual states providing funding for programmes to deter attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It is thought that at least a quarter of a million wolves once roamed from coast to coast before European settlers embarked on campaigns of eradication that endured into the 20th century.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The LCD screens outside the Denver Nuggets basketball arena continue to flicker, although weeds and wolves have overrun the fast-food joints in a bit of postapocalyptic product placement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
‘It’s a trick wolves do sometimes, so the reindeer think they’re further away than they really are.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
As his father prepares to write an article — he has an inkstone out, and a wolfs hair maobi — his mother prepares to speak up.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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
Within 48 hours after our meetup, Pang swung by Green Valley and wolfed down another noodle bowl before he caught his flight.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 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
The children wolfed down usually verboten sugary cereals, while the dads pounded coffees and breakfast sandwiches.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2021
“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
He was Joey Chestnut wolfing down hot dogs, but without the prize at the end.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023
The next morning, after wolfing a big breakfast, he stood in water up to his neck, building the first step.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
