squirrel

A chattering squirrel or darting bunny might distract or call up a distant memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The squirrel monkey, which relies strongly on vision, has a brain dominated by the neocortex.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The squirrel escaped by climbing higher, leaving the leopard clinging on before it eventually made an awkward retreat.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

Doves flew up from their perches, lizards darted out of the way, a squirrel with a striped tail leaped up a branch, and a bush fowl took to the wing from out of nowhere.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

What is the family labrador-slash-wide receiver doing this December besides barking out the window at squirrels?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Heather Harris, from the RSRN, said the project - which is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund - aimed to "remind everyone of why red squirrels are so important to our heritage".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

All are adorned with jewels and tails made of real horse hair, many of which have been eaten by squirrels or other critters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Of course he was, along with the two stuffed squirrels Haaland had also picked up at a Western-themed store in Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Birds and squirrels mainly, but also rotten cats and dogs—pets that had wandered into the park looking for shelter when there was none left anywhere in Manhattan.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

The powder was designed to trap the greenhouse gas in its microscopic pores, then release it when it’s ready to be squirreled away someplace where it can’t contribute to global warming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

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

The other families in our flat scrambled to give the Nazi officer everything they had squirreled away: little bits of jewelry, a pocket watch, a handful of zloty.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

"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

Some of the bones of Prometheus are squirrelled away in Salzer’s office in Tucson.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

In the next episode it's the Magic Circle Museum, squirrelled away at the society of magicians' HQ in Euston, north London, and the bewilderingly dense Grant Museum, the last remaining zoological museum in London.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 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

That included squirreling away doughnuts for his hardworking drivers if somebody brought the pastries to work while others were out on the road, Ashcraft said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2021

She'd seen both her mother and father do it so many times during her childhood, squirreling away money from their business to avoid the prying eyes—and pockets—of the bankers of the Marvellian Mint.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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