wolf
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It has crept its way into dinner-table fodder at Ellina, where patrons wolf down $89 steaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Eiko Ishioka designed the blood-red battle armor with a ribbed surface evoking both exposed human musculature and an armadillo’s shell, while the pointed helmet foreshadows the wolf Dracula later becomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
However, environmental groups pointed to studies that suggested wolf attacks on livestock were rare and had little impact on ranchers' income.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A gray wolf was spotted in Lake County, a bright sign that the recovering endangered species is expanding its presence in California, wildlife officials say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"It's the same wolf pack I saw before. The leader is white. He's the one I saw at Skwentna. He's not just looking for food."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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"I saw chickens, some wolves and some monkeys and then the bears which were definitely my favourite."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
But when you are successful, first financially and afterward, the wolves come in to find a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
While on the phone, he said he could see the tracks of two wolves on the road where he was walking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The legislation also codifies a program to compensate ranchers when they lose livestock to wolves or suffer indirect harm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
And I also learned—as with the wolves and the doe—that I wanted to know more, wanted to know everything there was to know about dogs and the woods and running with a team.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Costa conveys nearly everything he needs to simply through his arrangement of the actors’ bodies: The man hungrily wolfs down his food in the foreground, chattering about Joaquim’s kindness and decency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
Alleged assailants in both cases have been painted as lone wolfs acting out of mental instability and disagreement with the politicians’ messages.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2018
Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015
He's a boy and wolfs his food down.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2015
They were almost as big as a normal pretty’s, but they angled upward like a wolfs.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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They held court as four-legged guests wolfed down pizza pour chiens, or pizza for dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Within 48 hours after our meetup, Pang swung by Green Valley and wolfed down another noodle bowl before he caught his flight.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
As a teenager, I wolfed down tomes such as “Salem’s Lot,” “The Green Mile,” “Firestarter” and “Carrie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
On January 2, I wolfed down a breakfast of dehydrated porridge with Christian Wild, a postdoctoral scholar who works with Pettit.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
How completely different from a fast- food hamburger wolfed down without a moment’s thought in a speeding car.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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I saw something about Messi wolfing on a brisket sandwich at a Buc-ee’s but without video proof, I suspect that may have been an AI hallucination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Inside over breakfast, the chatter of possible strikes and crew members wolfing down baked beans, fried eggs and mugs of tea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
I stopped several times for roadside fruit at different points around the city, wolfing down chili-spiked mango, drenched in lime juice, from behind the wheel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Had she fallen while wolfing and lost that point, Andrade would have topped the podium, with—all other points being equal—Lee all the way in fifth place.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
I was wolfing it down already, crazy to head for town.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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