scarce
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Now, a new study on the diet of gray wolves suggests that the population regrowth is a result of the animals feasting on cattle, as their natural prey sources remain comparatively scarce.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
"There are some scarce species that you don't get in other areas in the county," he said.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
The limestone landscape in the region has very little soil, making traditional underground nesting sites scarce.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
Another Turkish company designed and installed equipment at a factory in Texas that is now one of the Pentagon’s largest suppliers of globally scarce artillery rounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026
By the time Pomp had detected this piece of deception, five or six cows were missing, and his master so wroth that Pomp scarce knew what to do.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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