fawn
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None of the people involved in caging the fawn were identified, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
He has no siblings, no schoolmates and, after the death of the only other boy within walking distance, no friends—but he has Flag, an orphaned fawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
This is not a preying tiger in the Indian jungle - but a happily mooching Dalmatian dog in Dagnam Park, Romford, unknowingly closing in on a days-old fallow deer fawn.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
“I’ve never seen a fawn this close,” said the girl.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
“I think it’s because of the way she fawns all over him and the love notes,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Bears, coyotes and bobcats may take fawns, but humans are by and large the only predators of deer.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
Prepare to suppress your gag reflex while a nation fawns yet again over the 44-year-old Brady’s apparent immortality and Belichick’s tactical brilliance.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
The fawns followed suit, their hooves crushing the dried leaves as they bounded through the Wood.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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