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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

Either way, the coyotes found a ready food source in the fawn of mule deer, which themselves have a controversial history on the island.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2025

One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.

From Salon Mar. 6, 2025

But now that mechanism may get in the way because it’s responding to any vulnerability as a sign that you need to fight, flee, freeze, or fawn — four common responses to trauma or threats.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Be careful of fawns and other skittering critters as you drive.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 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

Saw a groundhog, saw a doe with two fawns, and saw a gray fox with a reddish head.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor




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