fur
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The newsletter and article incorrectly said Macy’s sold real fur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“The Wizard of Oz’s” original Cowardly Lion costume stands alone in the center of a room allowing intimate inspection of its whiskers, ringlets and fur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“She is officially a picture dog. We gotta get the line in her size. Unfortunately, she’s just got her fur on. We gotta work with Tommy on getting her some good clothes,” Kelce said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
His PhD research involves analysing Boris's fur to compare how its characteristics could improve identification of animal hairs during investigations.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The gestures can be with the muzzle, ears, paws, tail, shoulders, fur, or the whole body.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Shopkeepers at the boutique frantically hid their furs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Staff started out by wearing bear masks and animal furs, then crawling into the enclosure to spoon-feed the cubs formula.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
With stiff shirt collars worn as necklaces by women -- paired with plunging necklines -- and oversized furs for men, Chiuri also hoped to "go beyond the distinction between women's and men's wardrobes".
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The needles likely were used to create garments from the animals' furs to keep the early foragers warm in what was a cool climate.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
She slipped her hand slowly into her furs till she was sure the alethiometer was still there, and then carefully withdrew the spy-fly tin and slipped it down into her fur boot.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Print off the wildlife checklist before you go and watch for a Pacific jumping mouse and Roosevelt elk, among hundreds of finned, furred and feathered creatures listed.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
His new, weird, soft sponginess is unsettling at best, and though his furred friends are a little less off-putting, it’s not by much.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2021
America’s astounding natural treasures, including the furred and feathered ones, are an irreplaceable part of the national heritage.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Dust furred the jackets of books on display.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2020
Vivi’s eyes and the lightly furred points of her ears were, to Jude, not so much more strange than being the mirror version of another person.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
I was astounded by what I saw as I removed the drywall that was screwed to the wood furring strips that were nailed to the four-inch solid concrete block that made the chimney.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
If flue gases had escaped from the chimney, they could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
Made of rare-earth magnets encased in wood, the holder looks almost like a well-sanded and stained furring strip.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019
Bad cholesterol is the villain in heart world - it leads to blood vessels furring up, becoming easy to block which fatally starves the heart or brain of oxygen.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2017
The pine paneling was gone from the walls leaving just the furring strips.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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