wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume

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Huge, hairy, and with a pair of fearsome tusks, mastodons resembled stocky, hirsute elephants. Nicola Davis, Wired, "Climate Change Drove the American Mastodon to Extinction," 5 Sep. 2020

Patricia also has noticed the difference in Hockenson, whose attitude and hirsute new look are easily appreciated by his coach. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, "Lions' TJ Hockenson optimistic after training with college teammate/All-Pro George Kittle," 19 Aug. 2020

First came the Greens, founded in 1980, who quickly morphed from hirsute radicals into a party of government. The Economist, "The splintering states A pact with the far right in Thuringia rattles German politics," 6 Feb. 2020

In the office, the manager of the Solutions team, a hirsute man with a belly laugh, presented me with a series of questions and puzzles. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, "Four Years in Startups," 23 Sep. 2019

The less lucky of the lot are Madeleine Gonsalvus and her little brother, sons of the hirsute man Petrus Gonsalvus, painted in all their hairy elegance in 1580. Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, "“The Spitzmaus Mummy and Other Treasures,” an Exhibition Curated by Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf, Opens at the Fondazione Prada," 22 Sep. 2019

The story, considered the oldest in human history, follows the beefy god-king Gilgamesh and his hirsute friend Enkidu on various moronic trials of strength through forbidding landscapes stalked by monsters. Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Book Review: Classics Illustrated," 16 Nov. 2018

Vendors are busy selling everything from zero-euro notes with Marx's hirsute face on them (for nearly $4) to rubber ducks wearing Marx-style beards. Erik Kirschbaum, latimes.com, "Karl Marx is turning 200, and that's creating a stir in Germany, which was literally divided over his ideas," 3 May 2018

Marc Jacobs debuted a hirsute pointy-toed heel with a sparkly Cousin Itt ’do. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Thanks to Christopher Kane, the Ugly-Pretty Shoe Just Hit a Heinous-Chic High," 18 Sep. 2017

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