bristly
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Fury has grown a bristly beard, which he says provides added strength.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024
That is until Rogen, with all the flourish of a magician, unstacked the hedgehog’s bristly back onto the table on front of him.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024
This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.”
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023
He headed to a clearing he knew of, a place that lay just beyond a thick stand of bristly pines.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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