gopher
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His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
When the New England Patriots signed Mike Vrabel as a young linebacker in 2001, they sent a gopher from the team’s personnel department to scoop him up at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Five years ago, according to the report, the city was in the middle of the pack at 49th, only to sink steadily into a gopher hole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
The trust removed poison from the course’s maintenance shed, along with poison and gopher traps throughout the site, Garrison said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
But as time went on the gopher began to be a little impatient, for no female appeared.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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