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antelope

[an-tl-ohp] / ˈæn tlˌoʊp /


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He is notorious for his threats against a Bollywood actor who shot two blackbucks, a type of antelope that the Bishnoi sect worships.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

A zebra-striped lounging chair to the left and a taxidermied antelope head on the wall behind hint at the wealth and leisure of its titular city — another subject of great interest to Hockney.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

From their back window, they saw grazing cattle, roaming antelope and coyotes on the prowl.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

At Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance, racks of long guns line the back wall under taxidermied deer and antelope heads.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

Her eyes were on Julius, who was calmly applying the apron of antelope skin he wore over his tunic to his injured shoulder and pressing hard.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

The male antelopes arrived in the country on Tuesday night and were welcomed at Nairobi's main airport by Kenya's foreign and tourism ministers, along with other officials.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

A genetic adaptation that allows animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in thin air may also point to a new way to repair nerve damage in humans.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

Sen. Adam Schiff and California Gov. Gavin Newsom — are rendered as giraffes, turtles, antelopes and other animals.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

When the floods spill over Botswana’s Okavango Delta every year, fat antelopes congregate in lush grazing grounds and big predators treat the islands like snack bars.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

You watch all that noise and business, then look past them to the rolling green hills in the distance, with antelopes grazing under flat-topped trees, and it doesn’t fit together.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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