stag
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Labour MP Irene Campbell said she found it "upsetting" that hunting trophies could still be exported from the UK, pointing to an instance of a Scottish stag head being exported to Zimbabwe.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The stag was shot by a Royal Parks wildlife officer, the charity said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"The stag part of the stagflation is already being felt in terms of restaurants closing down and households having less natural gas," Subramanian said.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
"He was a lovely stag with a beautiful pair of antlers and was a big favourite with the public who walk through the park."
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
"Grant me your blessing, and a knight to ride beside me with your banner. Let the stag and rose go to battle side by side."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
On the positive side, Fitbit stags who bought into the IPO but sold soon after the stock went public made fast profits of up to 150%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Adult males, known as stags, can measure over a metre tall at the shoulder.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
Most of our pets don’t pull carts, hunt stags, herd sheep or detect drugs, where we need to ensure correct performance.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
The fenced pastures for the bulls were now overrun with thousands of young stags and pullets, pecking at the trail of food he threw out from the golf cart.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
A herd of stags is swimming toward Insmoor, seeking the best grazing.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
But month after month went by, an' th' brass kept gettin' less, do what we would; an' th' times geet wur, till at last we fund ersels fair stagged up.
From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Edwin Waugh
The tight driver's shoe and "stagged" trousers had not then come into use.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
But, howsomdever, the farmer came wi 'um, and a waundy big dog that stagged me, and barked like fury.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
They were tangible annoyances, imps in stagged trousers and imps in calico dresses.
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
"Why I mean, my lord, I stagged him."
Ltd. $20,000,000, and there was said to be "hardly any stagging."
From Time Magazine Archive
The cove was touting, but stagging the traps he toddled; be was looking out, and feeing the officers he walked away.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
But too many of the cadets were "stagging it" that night.
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"I should cut the concern," said Watson, "and take to stagging in Surrey."
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
So you've been stagging this gentleman and me, and listening, have you?
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley
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