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[deer] / dɪər /


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I have a friend who lives amid the trees, and one bright morning, she found a half-eaten deer carcass in her yard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"If you have an unmanaged deer population, they pretty much destroy it, grazing on young vegetation meaning trees can't grow, which has a knock-on effect to wildlife."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In order to unlock space for thousands of homes, developers would pay money that could create new wetlands, fund deer culls and restore rivers.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The agency reported that the violations included unlawful take of female deer, taking deer without licenses or tags, possession of untagged meat, possession of loaded firearms in a vehicle, illegal method of take and spotlighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Ray stops at a tree, bare in the back from deer rub, and sniffs, and sniffs, and sniffs.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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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