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vixen

[vik-suhn] / ˈvɪk sən /


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Tossing her blond locks like a hair-metal vixen, she’s a needy, greedy, selfie-taking try-hard who — horrors — frets over her own mass appeal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Or if Gein’s rumored girlfriend, Adeline Watkins, was the cruel, gore-obsessed vixen that Suzanna Son’s performance makes her out to be.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2025

The vixen was found by workers in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, at about 07:00 BST, West Midlands Fire Service said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2023

Keeping a mother vixen in confinement for a recommended six to 12 months would be hell on her, and the people who were bitten would still have to undergo rabies shots.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2022

The vixen stood still, and then backed away a step.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The high-pitched wails heard in winter are usually made by vixens as they try to summon a mate.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2024

You know the type I’m talking about – the cruel and elegant vixens, the glittery fire-breathers, the flawlessly manicured soul-devourers.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2024

A new study in mice, but with implications for people and published Wednesday in the journal Nature, provides a clearer picture of the cellular glitches that turn us into silver foxes and vixens.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2023

Today’s girls are neither “tough girls,” like that moto-jacketed Salander; nor femmes fatales, like the vixens who dominated noir fiction and films; nor “good girls” like Nancy and her prim posse, Bess and George.

From Washington Post Jan. 11, 2017

A red fox perched on a stump, two dusky kits peeking around the vixens back.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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