Trèves
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Think of him as Dr Treves, the friend and protector of John Hurt's Elephant Man.
From BBC
Once, gray wolves roamed across much of the country, inhabiting around 38 states and much of Canada, said Adrian Treves, an environmental studies professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
From Seattle Times
“Right from the get-go in New England, people who were hunting for deer misperceived them as competitors,” Treves said.
From Seattle Times
So those early American settlers began killing the wolves, a tradition that lasted hundreds of years and expanded even further with a federal poisoning and “eradication” campaign, set in motion at the behest of livestock owners and hunters, Treves said.
From Seattle Times
By the early 1970s the country had wiped out all wolves in the Lower 48 states, except for a small population in northeast Minnesota, Treves said.
From Seattle Times
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