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6 total sentences available.
But he and other Eastern Cape conservationists have seen enough leopard spoor, droppings and the carcasses of animals killed by the powerful carnivores to convince them that the cats are still prevalent in the region, although in much fewer numbers than in the past.
Source: tatoeba (12268409)
We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.
Source: wiktionary
Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
Source: wiktionary
Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include aroma, breath, broad hint, catchword, clue.
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