trapper

Example Sentences

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Last year, California wildlife officials investigated a coyote trapper employed by Torrance and other cities for possible violation of state law at the urging of animal welfare activists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Even a black-and-white, near-silent slapstick comedy about a 19th century trapper battling beavers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

“New Yorkers have no idea how difficult it is to be a street cat,” said Rachel Adams, a cat trapper for Flatbush Cats and a clinical psychologist at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

If the American trapper is an endangered species, I say: Good riddance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

At one end a trapper skinned his raccoons and at the other Florence scraped dirt from a mound of sweet potatoes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead