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squirrel

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


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"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

During the game, he stays calm while a squirrel approaches him.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

JC: I regret to inform you that your squirrel obviously hadn’t heard about the sky-high prices at this World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The most famous is probably the North American grey squirrel, which has nearly wiped out our native red squirrel populations.

From BBC May 30, 2026

“All right there?” he said to the squirrel.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

Usually, invasive species are deliberately targeted by humans to try to bring them under control, like the initiative to feed contraceptives to grey squirrels.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Such extremes can also spur desperate pocket gophers and antelope squirrels to strip off their outer layer of bark for sustenance, which can be fatal to the trees.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The bees and the mice and the deer and the frogs and the raccoons and the squirrels and the snakes were all getting ready for cold weather.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

He had squirreled it away in all kinds of hiding places at the Institute, where other people couldn’t find it and rip it off.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

"I just feel like right now, we need that money squirrelled away in a safe spot," he said.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

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

They wanted to show Greenberg and Margit Erb, the director of the Saul Leiter Foundation, what Ennis had squirrelled away in a drawer.

From The New Yorker Mar. 27, 2017

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

In his early working years, he was a lifeguard and installed sprinkler systems, squirreling away his earnings with the goal of starting a private investment firm.

From Washington Post Apr. 14, 2021

The crystal ball is also brightening at several big banks, who are no longer squirreling away as much money to cover loans that a long downturn could force to go bad.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 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

Frances Smith said: "We have support from people on all sides – it's not just bookshops, it's also other independent retailers who are struggling, while these multinational companies are squirrelling away money."

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2013

If they had fled after squirrelling away millions, why was there no sign of largesse?

From The Guardian Jun. 22, 2013

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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