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Recent Examples of spoor
Bydimitri Selibas, science.org, 13 June 2024
Volcanoes some distance away from here left behind some sturdy volcanic rock, but also this spoor of volcanic ash that drifted underwater before the PV Peninsula became itself.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
On Twitter, people speak scoffingly of canceling themselves, as a joke or a pre-emptive measure, since presumably any of us could be canceled at any time, living in our glass Instagrams, leaving a spoor of digitized gaffes behind us.
—New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Snow had fallen less than an hour ago, and this spoor is on top of it.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020
The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks, and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times.
—National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2016
On top goes chaat masala, a collage of spices haunted by the smoky spoor of black salt; amchur, tart green mango powder; and asafetida, with its faint evocation of meat.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2016
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Over the past 35 years, he’s produced three guides to tracking that describe animal habits and habitats and how to interpret tracks and spoor.
—Bydimitri Selibas, science.org, 13 June 2024
Volcanoes some distance away from here left behind some sturdy volcanic rock, but also this spoor of volcanic ash that drifted underwater before the PV Peninsula became itself.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
On Twitter, people speak scoffingly of canceling themselves, as a joke or a pre-emptive measure, since presumably any of us could be canceled at any time, living in our glass Instagrams, leaving a spoor of digitized gaffes behind us.
—New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Snow had fallen less than an hour ago, and this spoor is on top of it.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020
The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks, and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times.
—National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2016
On top goes chaat masala, a collage of spices haunted by the smoky spoor of black salt; amchur, tart green mango powder; and asafetida, with its faint evocation of meat.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoor
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Sound on for the track and also available on Spotify.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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When the track properly kicks in, the different elements of the busy mix all come through, though the low-mids of the bassline and mids of the vocals stand in the front while the guitar strums and drums sit a bit further back.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Despite the official ban, about 6% of the 1140 sampling events included cattle dung.ByGeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
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To paint a clearer picture of the park’s past, researchers from multiple universities analyzed the steroids present in animal dung — unearthed from lake sediments that range from around 238 B.C. to the present day.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Even in deep-blue Fairfax County, Trump received a bump of more than 2 points, and Harris trailed Biden’s 2020 results by more than 4 points points.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Packers trailed 27-0 at halftime, as Rodgers threw two interceptions, lost a fumble and were never in the game in the second half.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Rarely are comedians the beautiful people, and this is true of pugs among dogs.Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Tom and Cynthia have birds, lizards, cats and dogs — including a pug named Frank who frequently makes appearances on Tom’s Instagram.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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All around her The future is scattered, written in scat, And the limp fawn waits for its arrival, breathless.T. R. Hummer, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
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There’s hope coursing through every chord, so much so that lyrics feel like a bonus accessory here as opposed to a necessity.Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Already, Phoenix city water is coursing through the futuristic facility’s pipes.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The practical limitations of CAR-T have dogged the cancer field for a long time now, and researchers have already come up with ideas to get around it.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Allegations of conflicts have dogged Cyberstarts for years.Iain Martin, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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“Spoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoor. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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