bald
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He gave Xi a bald eagle statue and declared the two had “never gotten along better.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Against the risks of didacticism — or, God forbid, “preachiness” — I’ll take the productive tension of the occasional cliché or bald statement of purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A game called "Flappy Bill" features a bald eagle carrying a document in its claws that tries to avoid smashing into columns of various heights, against a background that resembles Washington DC.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Admirers of Jackie the bald eagle, who became an internet sensation from her perch overlooking Big Bear Lake, will have yet another chance to celebrate the bird’s legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He looked at the bald spot he’d made in the lawn, an ugly eyesore, and stood up to retrieve the sod patches and pat them back down.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
“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
The effect is to make the question feel balder, and bolder.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 15, 2015
"As William grows balder and more nerdy with his old-fashioned spectacles, Harry gets more gorgeous."
From Time ● Apr. 22, 2011
He was thinner, balder, and grayer, and his face had a crumpled look.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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
Or as Radcliffe College board chairwoman Helen Gilbert complained about the long-running negotiations with Harvard, “In the baldest terms, Harvard appears to want to stay ahead of Yale and Princeton and merely absorb Radcliffe.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2016
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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