lioness
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Mr. Schaller spent three years studying lions in Africa, once crawling through thorny thickets to count cubs a lioness had hidden there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
In Farsi, this term honors women who are strong, who stand up for their rights and who are trailblazers—courageous, brave and resilient, much like a lioness.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
Constance Marten has been described in court as a "lioness" who loved her "cubs".
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
The first episode, “African Queens,” shows how females rise to power in Tanzania, tracking three lioness sisters as one attracts a male lion who’s attacked her cubs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Her eyes burned, green fire in the dusk, like the lioness that was her sigil.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
He learned that after a kill, lionesses gorge yet seldom bring food to their young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Because Mufasa, as an unwelcome “stray,” was forced to be raised by the pride’s lionesses, he grew close to Taka’s mother and accompanied her while hunting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
Each pride is comprised of several related lionesses.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2023
The farm has no other lions or lionesses and mostly raises beef cattle.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
No ordinary clasp would suffice for such a weight, so the greatcloak was held in place by a matched pair of miniature lionesses crouching on his shoulders, as if poised to spring.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
