wolf
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Wolfoo, a Vietnamese animation about a young wolf who lives with his family, has had hundreds of millions of views online.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nobody has an answer – not Lady Eboshi, certainly not San’s wolf mother or a monk who turns out not to be a monk at all.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
In fact, the domestication of wolf to dog dovetailed into the emerging social structures of humankind, a coevolution documented in ancient petroglyphs of hunting from around 9000 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The return of the wolf in California has been met with joy by conservationists, who delight in the improbable population rebound, and with fury by ranchers who bemoan the toll on their cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Didn’t she know that he was the lead wolf?
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Rather than humans simply taking control of wolves, Mitchell argues that people and wolves may initially have entered the relationship as relatively equal participants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Another paper examined how the return of wolves to Wisconsin affected car crashes with deer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
When Chaser's health took a significant downturn, the team at the park feared the impact it would have on Aspen, as wolves are social animals who thrive on companionship and working within a pack.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some irregular food items such as chicken and pig were also detected in the samples, suggesting that wolves are also scavenging from human waste disposal sites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I ate some of it just to please her, then I fell into bed and slept for three hours and dreamed that I was back in the cave with the wolves.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Costa conveys nearly everything he needs to simply through his arrangement of the actors’ bodies: The man hungrily wolfs down his food in the foreground, chattering about Joaquim’s kindness and decency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
Alleged assailants in both cases have been painted as lone wolfs acting out of mental instability and disagreement with the politicians’ messages.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2018
Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015
He's a boy and wolfs his food down.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2015
I said, “But, Ma, how come everybody keeps telling me ’bout what I done to Mr. Douglass that got all the bears and wolfs coming to the Settlement looking for something to eat?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
I don’t know why, but I was suddenly ravenous and wolfed down a dozen saltines and two chocolate chip cookies just to chase the taste of my humiliation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Within 48 hours after our meetup, Pang swung by Green Valley and wolfed down another noodle bowl before he caught his flight.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
On January 2, I wolfed down a breakfast of dehydrated porridge with Christian Wild, a postdoctoral scholar who works with Pettit.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
Just before 1 p.m., the pair wolfed down half-smokes before they shot over to Langston.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
As soon as he took a bite the hunger became uncontrollable, and he wolfed down half the can before he could stop.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
I saw something about Messi wolfing on a brisket sandwich at a Buc-ee’s but without video proof, I suspect that may have been an AI hallucination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I stopped several times for roadside fruit at different points around the city, wolfing down chili-spiked mango, drenched in lime juice, from behind the wheel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
People who viewed the campaign requiring them to imagine themselves wolfing down the French fries indicated a desire to eat fewer chips than those who were exposed to the French fries campaign without consumption imagery.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2023
This, of course, was why I was unable to tear myself away from the deck, wolfing down meals and sleeping as little as possible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
At the opposite end of the room, Joan was wolfing her Spam and broiled tomato with great appetite.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
