she-wolf
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"She's so inspiring to women," says one fan, wearing furry she-wolf ears, shortly before the show.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
In one meme, a boar replaces the she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, Rome’s mythical forefathers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
When the she-wolf returned from the hunt, racing to the aid of her young, she bounded past the hunter and, as she did, he grabbed her by the tail.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2020
At Torak’s approach, it started towards him, then looked back at the she-wolf, yipping indignantly.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
There is a self-conscious playfulness to a movement that inspires women to identify with she-wolves constructed from discarded bones or brand themselves witches on social media despite an illiteracy with spellcraft.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
These tend to be named after animals: snails, porcupines, she-wolves.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
If the story of Stubbe Peter is somewhat dubious, the tale of the Jülich she-wolves borders on absurd.
From Time ● May 27, 2015
However, while Kress’s account of the she-wolves cannot be corroborated, his broadsheet offers some tantalizing suggestions about the perception and creation of early modern werewolves.
From Time ● May 27, 2015
And when all the women were a-howling like a pack of she-wolves, what does your nephew do but rush into the burning wing, rouse up the boys and convoy them out!
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
