stray

There’s so much character in the stray paint strokes, the blackened thighs.

The noises were no stray opossum or raccoon but a man — reportedly naked and, authorities said, living in the crawl space underneath the woman’s home.

That strayed into recklessness when, leading by two points with five minutes left, England's needlessly elaborate first-phase play went awry and Andrew Kellaway scooped up and sprinted in.

By 11 a.m., widespread evacuations were ordered as the blaze marched toward the Camarillo foothills and higher into the mountains — where winds blew stronger, pushing stray embers even farther ahead of the blaze, officials reported.

"The increased human presence has also created more filth, attracting stray dogs who kill the birds or destroy their eggs," Mr Dookia says.