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as in wild
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
animal experts discourage homeowners from trying to adopt feral animals as pets
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as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
a novel that reveals just how thin the veneer of civilization is and how feral we are at bottom
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James Factora, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
That is probably what keeps attracting the feral dogs.
—Johnathan Appel, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Stories of acute distress run through these feral tracks, which drag you into Soul Glo’s bleak world like riptides.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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The two women spend their days on the run from both feral men and murderous TERFs, all while finding ways to continue their transitions against all odds.
—James Factora, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
That is probably what keeps attracting the feral dogs.
—Johnathan Appel, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Stories of acute distress run through these feral tracks, which drag you into Soul Glo’s bleak world like riptides.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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All black-footed ferrets alive today, other than the clones of Willa and their newborn kits, are descendants of the last seven wild individuals.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Robyn is trying to clean up her act but can’t resist indulging Sharon’s long-repressed wild side.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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As Apple’s paper and others suggest, the current approach to LLMs has significant limitations that cannot be overcome by brute force.Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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What’s needed to achieve this in the US is brute lobbying power.Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
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The men were intrigued by the many stories and began an extensive study of the springs and of the animals and plants in the area.Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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It is not permitted to test cosmetics on animals in the E.U., nor to import cosmetics that have been tested on animals.Peter Singer, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
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The incident evokes the brutal post-Soviet years of murky executions in Russia among the political and business mafias.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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The brothers were convicted in 1996 of murder with special circumstances in the brutal shotgun killings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, inside their Beverly Hills home.James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Hollywood gremlins are particularly interested in meddling with technological devices to cause serious accidents, and a voiceover at the end of the film ominously warns viewers that any unexplained problems with electrical devices in the home might be on account of a such a beastie lurking there.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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From hummingbirds and butterflies to spiders and even lowly beetles, all those wee beasties are part of an intricate web that makes up an ecosystem.Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
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Small critters — like insects, frogs, birds, lizards, and small mammals should not let the cuteness fool them, though.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Enjoy creepy critter encounters, crafts and games that celebrate nature in the fall.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
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The point of entry is a street kid named Melody Parker, who gets caught up in the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 and follows a creature called Echo into a vortex where memory, history, music and perception begin to melt together.Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Over time, these swooping winged creatures of the night have become synonymous with spooky season.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Feral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feral. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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