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creature

[kree-cher] / ˈkri tʃər /


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The black flies are not the only troublesome creature acting up during the unseasonably warm weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Kernow Conservation recorded the creature during routine monitoring on the Trewithen Estate, near Truro, where staff have been working to restore native wildlife.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Stacy, being a Manhattan lady who lunches, loves her 24-carat gold creature comforts too much to join Preston on his Montana fishing trips because he never installed an indoor toilet.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

We prize thought over feeling, Mr. Pollan writes, because no other creature is as good at “higher-order” mental operations as we are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

“Don’t talk nonsense, silly girl. What would the king say were he to learn that you never really spun the gold, but bargained his child to this … creature? This little demon?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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