badger

Tejon means “badger” in Spanish, and all it took was some Spaniard on an 1806 expedition happening upon a dead badger there for the name to stick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"He deserves better than being replaced by a badger," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Captured on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England by British photographer Ian Wood, the badger appears to glance up at a graffiti version of itself designed by the mysterious artist.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

Ian called badger culling "a national disgrace" and said: "I would swap this award immediately for the government to rescind all existing badger culling licenses."

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

“The badger is still here, Clare, because she’s not leaving.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The lakes region Mr. Hoffman describes as “magnetic and mercurial” is home to bears, wolves, badgers, otters and a surprising variety of other creatures, yet their ways of life are being threatened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

It is recognised as a problem which devastates farm businesses, spreading from badgers to cattle, and from cow to cow.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

Now, reader, you should know something about badgers before we continue.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

When Stolz was just 11 years old in Wisconsin, he badgered his then-coach, Jeff Brand, into letting him tag along in an “ice marathon” workout—100 laps and 40,000 meters, or just shy of 25 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

For months, Meta’s algorithm badgered me to buy a little piece of plastic mounted on a magnet.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

For every Tommy John that welcomed her, there was a Reggie Jackson that badgered her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

As the principal and others badgered Laura Friendly with questions, Benji made his way to the podium.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

My agents always call me “Dr. No” because I know no matter what, even if I’m not consciously aware of it, it’s there just badgering me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Costco raised its fees in 2024 — the first such increase in seven years — after months of badgering from Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

She added: "Your constant pestering, badgering and, eventually, attendance at their home address on a dark evening in December was unwarranted."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

And then there are the bit players they run into throughout who, in Mr. Panahi’s acidic vision of a desperate society, tend to end interactions by badgering for a tip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

He is the sort of despicable person who has no understanding of how despicable he is, and my badgering him with insults won’t change that; nothing will.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth