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fawn

[fawn] / fɔn /
NOUN
baby deer
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They write because they want others to fawn over the content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The people at the home said they found the fawn in the wild and admitted to keeping it for more than three weeks, the department said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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

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

The fawn danced at the lake shore while Medwyn ponderously sat down and leaned his huge head toward Taran.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021

When food sources are plentiful, female deer produce more milk and fawns grow faster, Wolfer said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

And there would be Tawny and Crownpoint and their fawns, Willow, Thistle, and Brook, happily nibbling on the garden.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown


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