furry
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That’s where it was during the seventh inning stretch, when at least 15 members of the ground crew began their pursuit of the furry fan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
UK species are adapted to our historically cooler climate - with fat, furry bodies that help them retain heat and powerful flight muscles that warm them as they fly.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
As they acclimate to rural life, they’re embraced by a community that takes care of each other and the world around them, including the kind, furry giant who Mei names Totoro.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Other candidates have dressed up as furry animals or seagulls to draw attention to animal rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was always something to see—a walrus with dagger tusks, dolphins dancing in the waves, furry sea otters floating around on rafts they made from kelp.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
Older kids and adults — even those who aren't furries — also love some animal-themed goofing off: Consider the mascots associated wity many college sports teams.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
That comes from a debate in the Texas state legislature that was supposedly about "furries," a subculture of people who dress up as anthropomorphic animal characters.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
Fans of the characters soon started dressing as animals, ranging from cats and dogs to more fantastical creatures such as dragons and unicorns, and calling themselves furries.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
There wasn’t a big crossover between typical NFL fans and furries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
After all, you can also find newly stoked disputes about furries and schools in the U.K.,
From Slate ● May 6, 2022
Living in a mountain village in northern Greece, retired furrier Dimitris Despas is no stranger to brown bear encounters -- the latest one in his garden just weeks ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
McCormick’s aunt, Fairbanks furrier Helen Callahan, claimed she was “insane,” and McCormick was admitted to Morningside April 5, 1930, after a jury confirmed Callahan’s diagnosis, records show.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo neighbor stopped Jules Schulback, a young Jewish furrier in Berlin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
Helen had worked on the buses and been a furrier and a bookie, and when a romance broke up, she went down to stay with her brother in Reading.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2022
His good-bye was a remorseful glance, a nod to me, and a long sigh, before he ran to catch up with the furrier.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Last week, a young wolf burrowed under a fence at his zoo in the South Korean city of Daejeon and escaped - becoming the country's newest, furriest fugitive.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
In our conversation, we also discussed the drama's interpretation of home cooking as seen on TV, got the inside scoop on the show's furriest secret ingredient and much more.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
Last year the group distributed traps to schoolchildren and gave out prizes for the most rats caught, the biggest rat, the one with the biggest teeth and the furriest coat.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
“The female was on an egg sac, and the male was the biggest, hairiest, furriest guy you’ve ever seen.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
“Thank you, sir,” said Travis, looking surprised, “but Bunny’s my pet. I can’t sell him. He’s the biggest, furriest rabbit I’ve ever had.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
