badger

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

A bloodied but determined honey badger pursues a Cape porcupine in Botswana.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

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

All work on badger setts must be completed between July and the end of November so the repairs did not interfere with the badgers' mating season, they explained.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024

“I believe you’ll be best suited for…” He paused, waiting for the badger to lean close.

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

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

High winds and saturated ground have also toppled trees, removing nesting cavities for birds and burrows for mammals such as badgers and rabbits.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

The proposed openings in the wall, about the size of a piece of paper, would provide passage for animals like bobcats, badgers and even female mountain lions and their young.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

“We’ve planted 20,000 trees around the site, we’ve replaced habitats and homes for protected species like bats, newts and badgers and created wildflower meadows specifically for wildlife foraging,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Fu Inlé, Prince Rainbow returned with the elil—two badgers, two foxes, two stoats, an owl and a cat.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

He asked blistering public questions of city and state leaders, badgered Washington to investigate the fire, and joined other displaced residents in filing a lawsuit for “inverse condemnation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

He didn't sing the song live until December 2014 after his crew badgered him to do it.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

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

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

My dad badgered us into watching Doctor Who, starting with the old-school episodes, and we got hooked.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

Those of ancient lineage may be thinking of the infamous LBJ phone call badgering the head of ABC to get college-football broadcasts for Lady Bird’s TV station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

After successfully badgering his dad to take him to a local club to play on full-size tables at the age of eight, the young Hunter made the leap from table top snooker with aplomb.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

Her Bertha is the kindly, nurturing counterweight to Seth’s badgering boisterousness, a quality Morris infuses with just enough avuncular affection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

Is that why he kept badgering me to get Jillian here tonight?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith