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The roots of this falloff reach back to the 18th and early 19th centuries, as fur hunters from Russia and elsewhere nearly wiped out the West Coast’s once-abundant otter population.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Many vets do not treat their own pets monthly, the committee heard, instead regularly checking their pets' fur with flea combs and restricting use to when fleas were spotted.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

We added a super crazy, comfy couch made of fake fur and people love it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Elephant seals live in open water, but it’s common for them to return to where they were born for molting season, when they shed their topmost layer of skin and fur.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

In a few moments Jop reappeared, making a very pretty brunette in long coat and kerchief, a fur muff hiding his hands.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Shopkeepers at the boutique frantically hid their furs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

Beavers in the UK were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century, mainly for their furs.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

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

The tall blonde girl who played the role of the Fjerdan wolf in silvery furs was notably absent.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Known as the Blue Bear Beast Bloodlust Incarnate, the ferocious, turquoise-colored furred monster has claws and bites.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

The former is a low-mounding perennial with furred purple blooms on short stems in spring, while the latter is a deciduous woody vine that produces nodding, deep yellow flowers in late summer.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

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

Rising out of the woods is a storybook bridge over a dry creek bed, the brick furred with lichen, moss and cobwebs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2021

All were gray furred and yellow eyed, and nearly as large as Mama Woof.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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