panther
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One reporter described seeing what they believed was a panther jumping over a hedge onto the road in front of them while they were driving.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The bathrooms are decorated with faux marble, and the image of a black panther with a yellow eye fixed on customers as they freshen up.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
But beneath Sophie’s polished facade lurks a yearning for danger symbolized by the panther tattoo on her thigh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
It was the screensaver of a black panther that first inspired the look of Toothless in the animated films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
He was like a small panther when confined with the same people and surroundings for any length of time.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Mountain lions, also called pumas, cougars, catamounts or panthers, can be found throughout North America, but now are mostly in 15 western states, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
They’ve been told to buddy up when taking trips to the latrines because of “alligators and Florida panthers and venomous snakes and different types of creatures.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
Larger cats, including captive lions, tigers and panthers, have also died as a result of eating meat contaminated with bird flu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
The panthers ran in circles, changing color, and ten million animals, running before the fire, vanished off toward a distant steaming river..
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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