tusk
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During one visit, riders might notice Siegel’s photograph of a mammoth tusk — a fossil uncovered by crews during construction of the station.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
House calls for hoof trims or tusk care can cost hundreds of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Archaeologists say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an astonishing level of skill.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 28, 2024
I wished to use a sea elephant s tusk for the tip of the spear because it is hard and of the right shape.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Famed for his long tusks, Craig the elephant was a major attraction at the park near the Tanzanian border.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
With their thick coats, curved tusks, and towering size, they grazed the vast steppes that stretched across the northern hemisphere.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2025
One of the group “plunged her tusks up to the gums in the body of my Land-Rover . . . again she charged, and the Land-Rover was carried backwards at high speed for thirty-five yards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
But Iorek Byrnison was hungry, and even the stabbing tusks of the mighty walrus couldn’t keep him at bay.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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