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fawn

[fawn] / fɔn /
NOUN
baby deer
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He has no siblings, no schoolmates and, after the death of the only other boy within walking distance, no friends—but he has Flag, an orphaned fawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

This is not a preying tiger in the Indian jungle - but a happily mooching Dalmatian dog in Dagnam Park, Romford, unknowingly closing in on a days-old fallow deer fawn.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

Since the project’s release last Friday, critics have been quick to fawn over Allen’s return to music and Allen has been sure to let the press know the album is not fully based in fact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

He’s self-satisfied and loves to have people fawn over him, but his star is still nascent enough for Oliver to retain some naivete.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025

She reminded Kit of a young fawn that had wandered near the house one morning.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

During that time when the mother is out feeding, the fawns have been known to hide in underbrush, according to the Park Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

The nonurban groups also dined on venison in the spring, when fawns were easy prey.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

“Bears, coyotes and bobcats may take fawns, but humans are by and large the only predators of deer.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021

I imagined her singing lullabies to an audience of fawns and bluebirds.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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