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Recent Examples of antelope
Paradise flycatchers fervently follow kudu and bushbuck, feeding on mosquitoes and other flying insects that mill around the antelope.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Likewise, your tender heart might side with the antelope, but the lion is the underdog in that competition, losing the vast majority of the time.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Brimming with fossils of rodents, elephants, rhinos, hippos, monkeys, horses, antelopes and carnivores, Hadar must have been a bountiful environment millions of years ago to support so many animals.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the West suffered a brutal winter in 2022, which wreaked havoc on mule deer, elk, and antelope numbers.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Likewise, your tender heart might side with the antelope, but the lion is the underdog in that competition, losing the vast majority of the time.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Brimming with fossils of rodents, elephants, rhinos, hippos, monkeys, horses, antelopes and carnivores, Hadar must have been a bountiful environment millions of years ago to support so many animals.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the West suffered a brutal winter in 2022, which wreaked havoc on mule deer, elk, and antelope numbers.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antelope
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Modern Australia is known for its array of wildlife: poisonous snakes and spiders, saltwater crocodiles, koalas, kangaroos, and more.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2025
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The crocodile is fast and only uses a fraction of our wisdom power.—
Hylke Faber,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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All of this is news to Tereza, who works in an alligator meat processing facility.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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In that case, homeowner Irma Acosta Arya was permanently enjoined from any further feedings, which since 2016 had attracted flocks of vultures as well as raccoons, alligators and a bobcat.—
Michael L. Hyman,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Bibs are aerodynamic, don’t bind in the waist, stay up, and have a chamois to keep your undercarriage from getting chafed.—
Stephanie Pearson,
WIRED,
31 May 2021
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These subtly slim joggers are the perfect swap for my chamois on the drive back home—soft, stretchy, and stink-resistant, thanks to their 85 percent merino wool construction.—
Lily Ritter,
Outside Online,
11 Nov. 2024
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Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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Sabrina Carpenter walked the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys in a baby blue JW Anderson dress festooned with ostrich feathers.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Following in the footsteps of a velvet cutout dress and a fuzzy coat embellished with ostrich feathers, these custom pieces were inspired by Venice and its artisanal flair, said de la Hogue Moran.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials.—
Jan Diaz,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Vaccinating infants and young children is widely recommended as a way to prevent kids from being exposed to life-threatening diseases like measles and to protect other children in school.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Shearling was also rendered in a hooded bomber jacket design and as a detail on the collar of deerskin leather flight jackets.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those settlers would have traded a pile of deerskins for a rifled barrel.—
The Editors,
Field & Stream,
23 Nov. 2023
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Photo: Getty Images Lipa’s winter wardrobe has been percolating with strong outwear and accessories—a bold snakeskin coat by Jil Sander, a plushy puffer jacket and a heavily charmed Hermès Birkin.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, for all his film’s eccentricities — Blue Velvet’s freaky Frank Booth huffing, well, whatever that stuff is, Lost Highway’s spine-chilling Mystery Man, or Wild at Heart’s Sailor kung fu-kicking in a snakeskin jacket — Lynch wasn’t trying to be controversial.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Antelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antelope. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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