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The following discusses minor spoilers from "The Sheep Detectives," but don't worry — it doesn't include one bleat about who the killer is.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Around him in the fenced-in yard, four goats bleat and 18 turkeys and more than 20 chickens peck at the grass.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

He showed me inside, and when I told him the place was nice, he let out a low, resentful bleat of laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023

There are those cute rodents that scurry about and delightful little donut-rolling sheep that exist only to bleat at you as you zip by them on Torrent.

From The Verge ● Mar. 11, 2022

Geels released a shocked bleat and sprang back.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Like all the other animals, he expresses himself through bleats, grunts and hugely dynamic facial expressions - which is part of his global appeal.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

The two delight in discovering each other’s cultural differences, even if the alien is occasionally bossy and annoying, say when Rocky bleats “Dirty! Dirty!” upon entering Grace’s astral man cave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Sixty Nigerian dwarf goats are taking turns crashing their horns against wooden stalls while unleashing a cacophony of bleats, groans, and retching wails that make it nearly impossible to hold a conversation.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

She heard the bleats, snarls, and shrieks of caged beasts as its searing heat reached them, and her stomach heaved.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The animals bleated from behind a wooden fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025

One of the 19 animals who survived bleated as Raptis grabbed its face to reveal the burns on its ear.

From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023

I have bleated on about it a lot but that is the sort of thing that will make a significant difference to the England side.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2023

“I even dream,” Mr. Zuchtriegel said in German-accented English as the sheep bleated around him, “of wool.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

The old one, seeing what was happening, glared at the young soldier, but then turned back across the field, distracted, when the cow bleated again.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

The bleating trumpet on the following “Before I Knew” recalls Mark Isham’s work on the horn when he was in Van Morrison’s band in the early ’80s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

In one number, Swinton, who goes glossy-eyed to show the cracks in her high-fashion veneer, poses in a transparent rain slicker while bleating raw, yowling noises that blend with the despairing strings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Sometimes at press conferences, we sound like bleating sheep.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

At the top, a spacious bungalow stands next to a large shed, full of bleating sheep smothering the strains of pop music from a radio.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024

By afternoon I started to hear the bleating of goats and the mooing of cows.

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