furry
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Meta’s Muse, a computer errand boy that lives in a smartphone app, has a furry, rotund little mascot.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
A furry predator that lived 165 million years ago is offering scientists an unexpected glimpse into the evolution of mammals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
For all anyone knows, it’s a wolf in furry clothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The hummingbird hawk moth, known for its furry grey body, orange hindwings and long proboscis, migrates to the UK from southern Europe and north Africa in the summer months.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The younger one, with a deep-brown tone like Jackson and plaited pigtails, grinned half a mouth of teeth and clutched a small furry thing in her hands.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
That comes from a debate in the Texas state legislature that was supposedly about "furries," a subculture of people who dress up as anthropomorphic animal characters.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
The rumour followed a hoax in the United States about students who "identify as cats" or "furries".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023
There wasn’t a big crossover between typical NFL fans and furries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
In February, the Daily Beast reported that some Pennsylvania-based school board attendees who supported book bans on certain subjects also taunted other parents about their children being furries.
From Slate ● May 6, 2022
A floor speech from Nebraska State Senator Bruce Bostelman that "is about something called furries."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2022
Living in a mountain village in northern Greece, retired furrier Dimitris Despas is no stranger to brown bear encounters -- the latest one in his garden just weeks ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
McCormick’s aunt, Fairbanks furrier Helen Callahan, claimed she was “insane,” and McCormick was admitted to Morningside April 5, 1930, after a jury confirmed Callahan’s diagnosis, records show.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
His father, Joseph, worked as a welder for the Singer sewing machine company, and his mother, Louise, sewed for a furrier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo neighbor stopped Jules Schulback, a young Jewish furrier in Berlin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
He traded one cup to the furrier for a morsel of bread and sheep’s-milk cheese.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Last week, a young wolf burrowed under a fence at his zoo in the South Korean city of Daejeon and escaped - becoming the country's newest, furriest fugitive.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
In our conversation, we also discussed the drama's interpretation of home cooking as seen on TV, got the inside scoop on the show's furriest secret ingredient and much more.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
Last year the group distributed traps to schoolchildren and gave out prizes for the most rats caught, the biggest rat, the one with the biggest teeth and the furriest coat.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
“The female was on an egg sac, and the male was the biggest, hairiest, furriest guy you’ve ever seen.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
“Thank you, sir,” said Travis, looking surprised, “but Bunny’s my pet. I can’t sell him. He’s the biggest, furriest rabbit I’ve ever had.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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