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The skunk ape also, apparently, prefers hanging out in trees to lumbering around on the ground.
FLORIDA LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ITSTEPHEN STARRAUGUST 27, 2021OZYDave Shealy claims to have seen the ever-elusive skunk ape of Florida legend in 1974.
FLORIDA LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ITSTEPHEN STARRAUGUST 27, 2021OZYWelcome to Florida, where a skunk ape sighting is just one of a host of crazy events that defined life in the Sunshine State during the 1970s.
FLORIDA LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ITSTEPHEN STARRAUGUST 27, 2021OZYIt smells like skunk, it’s the most pungent thing in the universe.
CAN I HAVE A PET FOX?EMPIREJULY 1, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEDespite all the jokes I made about turning into Cruella de Vil or the Bride of Frankenstein, seeing other women’s skunk stripes made mine feel a little less weird.
SOME YOUNG WOMEN EMBRACED THEIR GRAY HAIR DURING THE PANDEMIC. THEY MIGHT NOT GO BACK.MAURA JUDKISAPRIL 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSheppy had been having an argument with a skunk and there was strong reason—very strong—to suppose that he got the worst of it.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURShe saw the natural skunk coat she had been planning to give to poor dear Caroline for Christmas.
HAPPY HOUSEBETSEY RIDDLE, FREIFRAU VON HUTTEN ZUM STOLZENBERGA fine male antelope was shot by Lieut. Swift, and a skunk was also the game of the day.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XVIVARIOUS"A particular —— skunk," added another in sepulchral accents.
MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS AND OTHER STORIESBRET HARTEEf it's that skunk, I'll spot him soon enough and let you know whar he's hiding.
STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOWBRET HARTEWORDS RELATED TO SKUNK
- baffle
- balk
- beat down
- beat the system
- blank
- block
- bury
- cast down
- cause setback
- checkmate
- circumvent
- confound
- contravene
- cook
- counterplot
- cross
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disprove
- edge out
- foil
- invalidate
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nose out
- nullify
- outwit
- overturn
- put end to
- puzzle
- quell
- reduce
- refute
- ruin
- scuttle
- shave
- shellac
- skunk
- spoil
- squash
- stump
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- take wind out of sails
- throw for loop
- thwart
- undo
- victimize
- ambushing
- annihilating
- barring
- bearing down
- beating
- besting
- blocking
- butchering
- crushing
- decimating
- demolishing
- discomfiting
- drowning
- entrapping
- finishing off
- halting
- hindering
- impeding
- licking
- mowing down
- obliterating
- obstructing
- outflanking
- outmaneuvering
- overpowering
- overrunning
- overthrowing
- overwhelming
- parrying
- prevailing over
- quelling
- reducing
- repelling
- repressing
- repulsing
- rolling back
- routing
- routing
- sacking
- scattering
- shipwrecking
- sinking
- slaughtering
- smashing
- subduing
- subjugating
- suppressing
- surmounting
- swamping
- torpedoing
- trampling
- trashing
- upsetting
- vanquishing
- whipping
- wiping out
- ambushes
- annihilates
- bars
- bears down
- beats
- bests
- blocks
- butchers
- crushes
- decimates
- demolishes
- discomfits
- drowns
- entraps
- finishes off
- halts
- hinders
- impedes
- licks
- mows down
- obliterates
- obstructs
- outflanks
- outmaneuvers
- overpowers
- overruns
- overthrows
- overwhelms
- parries
- prevails over
- quells
- reduces
- repels
- represses
- repulses
- rolls back
- routes
- routs
- sacks
- scatters
- shipwrecks
- sinks
- slaughters
- smashes
- subdues
- subjugates
- suppresses
- surmounts
- swamps
- torpedo
- tramples
- trashes
- upsets
- vanquishes
- whips
- wipes out
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