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Recent Examples of ermine
If your ermine frosting is too runny, check the temperature.
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
In another historical nod, the ermine fur used along the edges of the robe and the fur cape is literally from a coronation of the past.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
Not to mention encounters with fellow Plaza tenants and visitors through the years: Tennessee Williams, at the market by the orange juice, in a full-length ermine, or Richard Burton, down in the health club, reclining on a chaise longue.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
There was more ermine (a stoat, in its white winter coat) added.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 June 2023
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
In another historical nod, the ermine fur used along the edges of the robe and the fur cape is literally from a coronation of the past.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
Not to mention encounters with fellow Plaza tenants and visitors through the years: Tennessee Williams, at the market by the orange juice, in a full-length ermine, or Richard Burton, down in the health club, reclining on a chaise longue.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
There was more ermine (a stoat, in its white winter coat) added.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ermine
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This includes mink oil on your couch or office chair.Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
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Some are worried the mink seen in Port Washington will be taken away Some Facebook users asked for people to leave the mink alone to enjoy their natural lives down by the port and other places they may be seen.Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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Madison gives you 100-percent of this on a fake silver platter, dressed up in real Russian sables.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
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The cats are also consumers of the smallest of the bigger, bulkier antelopes, such as sables and kudus, and are known to gnaw on the occasional rabbit or bird.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
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The list included two cases of brandy, a box of tobacco, three beaver hats (two white, one black), and two silver watches.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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It’s named for the time of year when beavers begin to shelter, according to The Farmer’s Almanac.Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
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With their larger competitors out of the way, the smaller, less numerous martens had some breathing room.Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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For the last eight years, Pauli has been studying American martens on the island.Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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The smallest rabbit, the pygmy, weighs only a pound — while the Flemish giant rabbit can reach 4 feet long and 22 pounds.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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The preschool's post added that the children would be informed of the rabbits' death but would be spared any details.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Over time, Jewell applied her footprint measurement technique to other species, from cheetahs to otters to mice.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The shoreline gleamed with the glacier’s blue ice while the sea hummed with life, from the eagles flying overhead to the otters cruising with us.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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The researchers also analyzed several other species raised for fur, meat, and medicinal purposes, including deer, muskrats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and badgers.ByJon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
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While our guide talked, viscachas — Peruvian chinchillas — scurried atop the walls and a quartet of wild llamas gathered on one of the lawns.Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
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Comforted by her two cats — who are also tattooed on her arm, hugging — two guinea pigs, and two chinchillas, plus an attorney and a longtime friend, Hill-Johnson begins to reopen old wounds and lay bare some of Mack’s faults and missteps.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Ermine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ermine. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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