gopher
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But the movie is remembered primarily for Bill Murray as the club’s greenkeeper and his battles with a spirited gopher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
During the summers, I interned with the animation department as a gopher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
The trust removed poison from the course’s maintenance shed, along with poison and gopher traps throughout the site, Garrison said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Doubletree Mutt watched them over his shoulder; then he dug furiously, growled, sounded little sharp yelps to indicate that the gopher was practically caught.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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