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bird

[burd] / bɜrd /
NOUN
flying animal
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Research is being carried out to find out how a microplastic spillage has affected coastal sea bird populations.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The boy holds a caged bird; the girl, a fish tank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pasadena Humane said it rushed the bird to its Wildlife Center, where vets found swelling but no broken bones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

He had told the BBC documentary: "I think I was about 13 when I said to my dad that I wanted to learn to fly like a bird."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

My nose was numb by the time I turned up my driveway and hiked past the busy bird feeders.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The research on the birds is expected to continue into December.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“They studied Hitler being alive and ‘are birds real?’ — some of the classic ones that you hear about,” Maye explained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Koalas, microbats and honeyeater birds are among the 23 threatened species living in a nature reserve she says is under threat from Yancoal's Moolarben mine, which wants to add another 30 million tonnes of coal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

One study found that the birds are forced to move higher in the mountains as their natural habitat in the alpine meadows above the tree line get crowded.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

A thousand little birds pecking at my brains.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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