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wolf

[woolf] / wʊlf /


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But people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

“This is incredibly exciting news — the news we in wolf recovery for decades have been waiting for,” Amaroq Weiss, a former senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, told the news outlet.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

I’m not sure what’s happening to the wolf, but it is definitely feeling like winter for Djokovic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"I always convince him, but last year, I knew, this time he actually saw the wolf."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The wolf carcasses were too heavy to drag away, so he decided to camp further upstream.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Globally, caribou undertake the longest single land migrations of any animal - travelling 839 miles in a round trip, while grey wolves have been recorded travelling more than 4,350 miles over a year.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The Wolf Conservation Center noted that ranchers were entitled to up to 100% compensation for any livestock losses caused by wolves under the current system, with individual states providing funding for programmes to deter attacks.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Gray wolves started to disappear from California in the 1920s but began returning to the state on their own.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

The Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team places the number of Mexican wolves at 317 at the end of 2025.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

As for the figures who occupied the foreground of the work—well, yes, they were wolves, but they were happy, gentle wolves and featured a mama wolf tenderly playing with her cubs.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

Here I’d helped save Cooter’s ear, and the first chance he got to throw me to the wolfs he did it!

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

As a teenager, I wolfed down tomes such as “Salem’s Lot,” “The Green Mile,” “Firestarter” and “Carrie.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 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

Then either Strahinja or Nemanja Jokic logged onto their new, shared social media account and wolfed back at Marcus.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2021

Jared said, eyeing me as I wolfed the taco down in three bites.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2020

That he was only the smartest kid in the universe because, one night, he wolfed down the first sugary snack he could find without exerting any effort.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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

He was Joey Chestnut wolfing down hot dogs, but without the prize at the end.

From Slate Oct. 4, 2023

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

Harry, who could see a huge Dudley tantrum coming on, began wolfing down his bacon as fast as possible in case Dudley turned the table over.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




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