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beak

[beek] / bik /


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Pay homage to a statue of the Egyptian god Horus, whose headdress recalls Natalie Portman’s Queen Amidala, and a Hopi katsina doll of an ogre with the same beak as Jar Jar Binks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Only the back of the head was visible to George, invisible for centuries was the beak, which was about a foot long when excavated.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The streamlined beak of the kingfisher, which enters the water almost without a splash, became the model for the nose of Japan’s bullet train.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or color, populations living in different places can often look very different.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

A mama robin hops after her fledgling, her offering of food dangling from her beak.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Kalshi has explicit written rules against people trading on events whose outcomes they could influence and recently fined and suspended some congressional candidates for trying to wet their beaks in their own races.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

Many of the beasts have comical attributes: feathered elbows, parrot beaks or sail-like membranes on their heads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Terror birds were top predators - they could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

Hummingbird bills -- their long, thin beaks -- look a little like drinking straws.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

Nat stood on the chest and stared up at the tower masts of the ships, and the bowsprits, like long beaks, slanting into the air above him.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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