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[skuhngk] / skʌŋk /


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Ford has been working on its own EV platform in the U.S. as part of its so-called skunk works project to build a $30,000 electric pickup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

You couldn’t turn on your television without seeing this woman pop up somewhere, sporting a black-and-white skunk wig, preaching her freak-forward gospel.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

Like an urban squirrel or skunk, you are, alarmingly often, in danger of having your body shattered by a two-ton machine hurtling through space at 70 miles per hour.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

In Jerusalem, police used skunk water - a foul-smelling substance fired from water cannon - to clear protesters who had blocked the Begin Boulevard, the city's major north-south highway.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024

Still, this skunk kit has come into your life, and for at least the next few weeks, you and your mother must work to be the best caretakers you can be.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

They are not related to giant pandas but rather closer to raccoons, skunks and weasels.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

They must be hungry—twice they catch skunks, and a sealed house with a skunk inside, loaded or unloaded, is more than this viewer wanted to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The virus is known to infect mammals — from skunks, bears, and cows to people and house pets.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024

“It’s just a postage stamp suburban yard, but there’s a lot going on here,” Ransdell said of the yard’s abundant wildlife, which counts rabbits, skunks, raccoons and possums as visitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

Most of all, though, he cursed the skunks under his floorboards whose perpetual low-key stink was driving him insane—his eyes continually watered, his nostrils had become raw and almost bloody.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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