porcupine
Example Sentences
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Rick: The hotel pretty much just got the porcupine and left.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
What followed was a comedy of errors including military drills that outpaced anything this group of office workers had in mind, a rogue porcupine, stranded airplanes and one syringe to the butt of an employee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“I’m on stage with my target stick, my equipment, and having a porcupine do circles, follow me, roll a ball,” said Jadyn Carnicella, 20, a Simi Valley resident.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025
A porcupine had stumbled into his shelter and when he had kicked it the thing had slapped him with its tail of quills.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
