How to Use cougar in a Sentence
cougar
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However, when the man turned around, the cougar was following him.
—oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
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The study found that cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
—USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
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Video shows how the team cared for the tranquilized cougar, prepared him for transport and released him in a grassy wooded area.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024
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Cats like the saber-tooth, lion, and cougar hunted in forests, while canine species like the dire wolves hunted bison and horses in open fields.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
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Did the diets of cougars and wolves and coyotes change in a substantial way once extinction of these other animals occurred?
—Stephanie De Marco, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
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Coyotes, cougars and gray wolves were better able to adapt their diets by hunting small mammals or scavenge from carcasses when large prey disappeared.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Aug. 2019
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Over 6,000 cougars live in Oregon, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife says.
—oregonlive.com, 24 July 2019
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The news of bison’s seeming hatred of the Australian hard rock outfit comes after a women used Metallica’s music to scare off a cougar.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
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Lewis & Clark College said several cougar sightings have been reported in the area of its Portland campuses.
—oregonlive.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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The cougar scurried off after the first few notes, the combination of heavy drums and James Hetfield's vocals apparently too much to handle.
—Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
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The species that survived, like cougars, were those best able to adapt their dietary behaviors, switching from hunting increasingly rare large prey to smaller mammals, and/or scavenging.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
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Burgess yells in the video as backs away from the cougar.
—Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
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The cougar fled after an adult in the group punched it.
—Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
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Burgess picked up a rock and threw it at the cougar, which then ran away.
—NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
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The cougar perched on Haystack Rock on Sunday has left the area.
—oregonlive, 17 July 2023
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But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands ...
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
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The coyotes and the cougar and now the swarm of bees shows it’s a natural world, even in the city.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
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Meet the man who has been making home movies of P-22, L.A.’s star cougar.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
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There have been rare sightings of bears, cougars and wolves.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
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That was not the case for one Utah man, who was stalked by a cougar during a run.
—Alex Chaet, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
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The wolf, the bear and the cougar are far more anxious to get away from man than man is to get away from them. ...
—Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
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The child's mom screamed at the big cat and the cougar abandoned its attack, according to the NPS.
—Jolie Lash, ABC News, 30 July 2023
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The dog weighs 55 pounds and was outclassed by the cougar but battled fiercely.
—CBS News, 18 May 2022
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Anyone who spots a cougar is asked to report it at michigan.gov/cougars.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
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Then why were authorities so quick to pin the death on a cougar?
—Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
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Burgess can be heard in the video yelling profanities and pleading with the cougar to back off.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
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Kyle Burgess, 26, recorded the six-minute incident in Slate Canyon with the cougar, who was with her cubs.
—Christopher Brito, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2020
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This cougar had been in the city at least once before, McDonald said.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
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The area was so remote that during an 18-day stakeout, one agent saw a cougar kill a deer.
—Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
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There is a growing body of evidence from other states showing that cougars regularly prey on gray wolves.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024
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