bald
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Hours after celebrity bald eagle Jackie’s death was announced Monday, a new beaked face showed up in the Big Bear nest she shared with her mate, Shadow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jackie, a bald eagle in California who became an online star, died on Monday after receiving weeks of veterinary treatment.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A bald, frumpy man enters a luxury clothing store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jackie, the bald eagle who has gained worldwide fame over the years, has been diagnosed with anemia and is in "critical" condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Violet shuddered, and the bald man gave a high-pitched giggle and left the room.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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“Now that I’m older and heavier and balder, I don’t know how I had the energy to be with 28 little kids in a classroom by myself,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Outer space just got a little bit balder: Patrick Stewart will be reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series for CBS All Access.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2018
What didn’t kill me didn’t make me stronger, just balder I could say it was a sign of physical honesty and a feminist rejection of female fakery, but it was also vanity and laziness.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2015
The effect is to make the question feel balder, and bolder.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 15, 2015
“Like a slightly older, balder Prince William. I’m just talking about his face.”
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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Before her final attempt, Debra hires a private investigator, and she abandons the third vial after she learns that the donor is “the baldest, most unattractive professor Debra has ever seen.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
In short, it was one of the baldest displays of legal chutzpah in the history of our nation.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020
“We're thrilled about our deal with Lionsgate, because we get to hang out with the tallest, best-smelling and baldest man in all of Hollywood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
The entire idea of a Lego-based movie looked like the baldest, most mercenary toy-commercial setup for a film that product placement gurus could possibly imagine.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2019
Lou Epstein, the oldest, shortest, and baldest of the three Epstein brothers, barely looked up from the cash register when Alfred entered the store.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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