stag
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The stag was shot by a Royal Parks wildlife officer, the charity said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Featuring a 12-point stag on a Scottish Highland peak, it was commissioned by railway magnate Edward Betts and has passed through various private collections.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was not until further down the line that Considine would realise the significance of the song, when the same group reunited for his stag do in London.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Life at the St. George Reef Lighthouse — a so-called stag station where no women or children were allowed — was brutal and lonely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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
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
Together, they gambol like the stags in the poem.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
Stags with big antlers score more often than stags with small ones.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
A herd of stags is swimming toward Insmoor, seeking the best grazing.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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A number of loggers were present, dressed in the invariable mackinaw, stagged overalls and caulked shoes.
From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin
They were tangible annoyances, imps in stagged trousers and imps in calico dresses.
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
Well; we coom back through t' teawn; an' we were both on us fair stagged up.
From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Edwin Waugh
Cadets who "stagged" it were expected to stand.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
He clambered laboriously from the shallows, the water draining from the bottom of his "stagged" trousers.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
Ltd. $20,000,000, and there was said to be "hardly any stagging."
From Time Magazine Archive
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A young stripling or two may drop in, stagging it.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
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
"I should cut the concern," said Watson, "and take to stagging in Surrey."
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
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
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