stray
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This in turn has led to "overcrowding", forcing some bears to stray out of the mountains -- which make up around 80 percent of Japan -- towards areas inhabited by humans, experts say.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Then do a quick sweep of your surfaces: crumbs, scraps, stray La Croix cans, to-go coffee cups, bits of plastic wrap or parchment.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
It would sometimes be just a stray DraftKings charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
There are so many stray animals on the front lines that Ukrainian soldiers joke that cats and dogs have become standard issue.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
Leftovers to eat were surely better than nothing, but for a whole family to wait in line for scraps, like stray cats mewing at the kitchen door?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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