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[fur-ee] / ˈfɜr i /


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Lara was – apart from when she rolled in mud – a bright white furry bundle of Westie joy who wasn't far off her 11th birthday.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The critical 72-hour window to find people alive came to a close on Thursday, but Giraldo and others are drawing hope from their reunions with furry friends.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

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

A furry AI pet batted its eyelashes at cooing onlookers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

At night, owls glided above the countryside, silently searching for furry little meals.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

The furry community, or "fandom", gained popularity with the growth of the internet and it is estimated that there are now hundreds of thousand of furries worldwide.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

There wasn’t a big crossover between typical NFL fans and furries.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2023

A floor speech from Nebraska State Senator Bruce Bostelman that "is about something called furries."

From Salon Apr. 1, 2022

But this is not going to shame furries because we’re used to getting this kind of reaction, to a lot of people looking at us this way.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2021

Jacobs fished out the long mink her grandmother left her years ago and took it to a Manhattan furrier to give it a second act.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 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

His father, Joseph, worked as a welder for the Singer sewing machine company, and his mother, Louise, sewed for a furrier.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo neighbor stopped Jules Schulback, a young Jewish furrier in Berlin.

From Washington Post Feb. 22, 2023

Rasseem, the young jeweler, the furrier, the spicer and his mother, the blacksmith and Mara all huddled around for what Samir called “an emergency meeting of the tribe.”

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




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