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squirrel

[skwur-uhl, skwuhr-, skwir-uhl] / ˈskwɜr əl, ˈskwʌr-, ˈskwɪr əl /


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During the top of the seventh inning, the squirrel found his way between the mound and home plate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

A Tigers spokesperson told The Times on Tuesday that the team’s understanding is that the squirrel was in “fine health” after it was removed and released.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

One dead squirrel has been recovered and it is being tested in Edinburgh to establish if it was a case of squirrelpox - a disease carried by greys but deadly to reds.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

"Jian and the other microraptors probably weren't capable of true, powered flight, but they could probably glide like a flying squirrel," says O'Connor.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

But the fateful appearance of that mayhem-inducing squirrel was the topper.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

His haul ended up including two taxidermy squirrels as well — one dressed as a sheriff and the other posed to look like it is drinking out of a Budweiser can.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Tests are being carried out to try to establish the cause of sickness in a number of red squirrels that have been spotted in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Observe: There are no plants building cathedrals, squirrels gazing at the stars or two AI models on a date night looking into each other’s eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

On top of that, squirrels and mice have damaged the insulation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

“Uncle Woody took everything Mr. Lemoncello had about tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and flying squirrels.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Andrzejewski’s company now has 30 boxes of pennies squirreled away.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."

From BBC Sep. 28, 2025

By January, she already felt more financially secure, having squirreled away $1,000 and knowing more would be coming.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

It was from frankly upsetting circumstances, so I’ve squirreled it away in some high-yield savings accounts and continued to live comfortably off my regular income.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2024

They’d drink whatever Specht might have squirreled away on the ship, eat the last of Nina’s toffees, recount their close calls and every small victory.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

"He's tucked away in the roof which is exactly the reason really. Mary wasn't meant to have the body so obviously squirrelled him away up in the attic."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2024

During the late 2000s, when Pliny the Younger became the most sought-after ale in North America, Brouwer’s had kegs of the triple IPA squirrelled away.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

Given the lax-to-nonexistent policing in Ottawa, it’s impossible to know what else could be squirrelled away in the convoy’s warren of vehicles, tents, and bases.

From Slate Feb. 17, 2022

Before they left, they squirrelled away tens of billions of dollars in government funds in a network of private bank accounts around the world.

From The New Yorker Dec. 16, 2019

He has squirrelled some rich material from unpublished correspondence and forgotten cassette tapes.

From The Guardian Mar. 22, 2013

But, mindful of fluctuating costs, they have also been taking steps to reduce their fuel consumption, while "squirreling away that extra little bit of cash".

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

You have to choose — there’s no squirreling out of it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

“I just worry about the undisclosed kind of squirreling money away,” Rossman said.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

Mary Anna Ball, 25, a ballerina and research analyst in West Virginia, usually starts squirreling away Christmas gifts in July but this year wants to give gifts that will help her family experience the world.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2022

“And Uncle Woody was squirreling away all the squirrel books he could!”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

He still rereads his manuscripts from the beginning each day—an increasing burden, as each book goes on—stripping away what’s superfluous and squirrelling new ideas into the gaps.

From The New Yorker Dec. 9, 2019

In early 2016 some analysts fretted that consumers were squirrelling away the money they were saving on cheap petrol, and so denying the economy a needed fillip.

From Economist Dec. 14, 2017

There’s no heavy murk or gothic doom, just that gorgeous, squirrelling synth that’s sad and sweet, vulnerable and lost.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2015

Unbeknown to them, Farepak, the savings club they were squirrelling their cash into, was in serious trouble.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2012

And Switzerland's banking privacy is under threat from a long-running dispute with the US, which takes a dim view of its wealthier citizens squirrelling away funds in Swiss banks to avoid tax.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2011




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