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as in hairy
covered with or as if with hair
still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it
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Recent Examples of woolly
As part of the bizarre tradition on the island of Borkum, Lower Saxony, six men dress up as monsters in woolly costumes to hunt the women, before holding them and subjecting them to the bull horn beatings.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Then, in August 2024, gold miners found a woolly rhinoceros that still had a horn attached to its body, per the Smithsonian Magazine.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
This is the most famous folklore predictor and there are many sayings about woolly worms.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm represent the 13 weeks of winter.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Then, in August 2024, gold miners found a woolly rhinoceros that still had a horn attached to its body, per the Smithsonian Magazine.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
This is the most famous folklore predictor and there are many sayings about woolly worms.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm represent the 13 weeks of winter.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woolly
Adjective
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Welles, a singer-songwriter with a shaggy, dirty-blond mane and a sandpapery voice, has risen to recent prominence posting videos to social media of himself alone in the woods near his home in northwest Arkansas, performing wryly funny, politically engaged folk songs.—
David Peisner,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Average retail prices range from $215 to $495 for the line, which includes vibrant jackets with circular-type sleeves, miniskirts and a shaggy wool coat.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Common winter annual lawn weeds include hairy bittercress, various chickweeds, purple deadnettle and its cousin henbit, and Veronica/speedwell.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Feel the warm fuzzy feelings of making someone else feel good.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Yet as Haugerud’s wry, articulate script deftly expands to include other perspectives — including those of Kristin, of Johanne’s liberal-minded poet grandmother Karin (Anne Marit Jacobsen) and eventually of Johanna herself — the picture grows fuzzy and fraught.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2023
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Many furred mammals have apocrine glands, including camels and donkeys, as well as chimpanzees.—
Jeff Goodell,
Time,
6 July 2023
Adjective
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Known for his rough and tumble roles, the two-time Oscar winner died Feb. 26, 2025.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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