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[deer] / dɪər /


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The researchers think some of the site's more unusual plants may have arrived without human assistance, possibly carried or dispersed by wildlife such as deer.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Ungulates are hoofed mammals, although many extinct South American forms looked very different from familiar animals such as horses and deer.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Feeding deer may also increase the risk of them ingesting plastic, which blocks their stomachs and causes malnutrition.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Unlike deer in other places, such as the city of Nara in Japan where deer are regularly fed by people, London's deer should not be approached or fed.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

As far back as I could remember, Rowdy and I had run along those game trails like two wild deer.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

He asked, “Are there dead deers in mythology that are significant?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

“There are deers behind the El Cariso Park and the L.A. Mission College, Lopez Dam and near another county dam higher up on the Pacoima River wash,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2024

“The people we put in the game, they’re never scared. There’s no deers in the headlights,” Wood said.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2022

“There were years when we actually had so many deers donated that we ran out of money,” said Bud Thomas, the group’s longtime treasurer.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

Mr. Polite said I throwed up so plentiful that didn’t no deers nor rabbits die in the woods for five years after.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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