chick
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Amid reports of her extended hospital stay earlier this year, Applegate assured fans in April that she is a “strong chick, and I’m getting stronger and better every day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Visitors to Birdland will have to wait a while before they get to meet the new arrival as the chick is being kept behind the scenes during its early weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Miss enough feedings and a vulnerable chick can perish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2023, the project celebrated the first white-tailed eagle chick to be born in the wild in southern England since 1780.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
On the edge of the roof, overlooking the street, was this chick.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
Shortly before Jackie took ill, the chicks — Sandy and Luna —successfully fledged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice to live, hunt and breed and their chicks can perish if they fall in freezing water before developing waterproof feathers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Many of the rescued eggs have successfully hatched, with the chicks now receiving "intensive" care to "maximise their chances of survival", it added.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Resistance at first was fierce, since the idea had never been tried and putting puffin chicks at risk seemed antithetical to the Audubon Society’s creed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She chases her grandmother’s black-and-white chicks, making them scurry across the kitchen floor.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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