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[foks] / fɒks /












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The deer also reduce habitat and food sources for native birds and mammals, such as the endemic Catalina Island fox, Barton said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

She bore a large scar on her face when she met with AFP at her home in Bethlehem, holding a stuffed fox that had belonged to her son.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Minutes later, after giving me her son’s number and him mine, Fox messaged me: “Hey Charlie this is Joshua fox my mom sent your information to me.”

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Other fringe candidates are also making plans to run, including two foxes: a man who dresses as a fox to raise awareness for protecting wildlife, and actor-turned-activist Laurence Fox.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Bracing herself on the guardrail, she knelt beside the fox.

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

The charity said careful monitoring, in partnership with the farmers on whose land the birds nested, meant the nests were protected by fences to exclude ground predators such as foxes.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

To help motivate him through the challenge, one of the videos he received , externalwas of his dog Barney frantically barking at foxes in their garden.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Other fringe candidates are also making plans to run, including two foxes: a man who dresses as a fox to raise awareness for protecting wildlife, and actor-turned-activist Laurence Fox.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The parasite commonly infects coyotes, foxes, and other canids.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

But I’ve hosted more than my share of raccoons, foxes, skunks, opossums, and mice.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

Given it’s your third language, your English will be excellent, but you will still be foxed by terms such as “on the brink” and “mind games”.

From The Guardian Aug. 13, 2018

All that remained of those days, apart from the stories, were these exotic bottles, their labels brittle and foxed.

From The New Yorker Jan. 15, 2017

This is not good, but we have found reference to the circumstance that this book is usually — if not always — found in a foxed condition.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2011

Then Lionel Messi won the ball, foxed three opponents and passed.

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2011

I wonder what he had in mind for you to do with it; as you couldn’t read it, I’m foxed as to what he was a thinking.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

In most cases, the originals were replaced with high-quality copies that mimicked even their foxing — a sign of a sophisticated operation.

From New York Times May 1, 2024

If a fox isn’t foxing, is she even a fox?

From Slate Jun. 24, 2020

But foxing itself is likely to be less prevalent as manufacturing changes.

From The Guardian Apr. 7, 2017

While the blues lurk everywhere in Raitt’s work, she—like George—avoids taking long solos, instead foxing her slide work in and around and behind her vocals.

From The New Yorker Apr. 9, 2016

Even so, I did not dare to move, for fear that he might be foxing.

From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various




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