chirp
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Farah compared the pattern to the rising pitch of a bird's chirp.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Even the normally loquacious Healy - niece of former Australia men's wicketkeeper Ian - lacked her usual chirp behind the stumps.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
I could hardly take another disappointment delivered with a cheerful chirp to my inbox.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2025
Verse said he will chirp at opponents about “anything” other than personal relationships and family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
Birds started to chirp and sing in the trees and as the dawn came up we saw strange creatures in the fields, standing, looking at us.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
“I’m going to put on my bathing suit right now!” she chirps from her bedroom, sounding happier than most about the prospect of changing into swimwear on a raw and cloudy afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Kate says, appearing shocked at the implication, and once her friends relax again, she chirps.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
When they finally barge back into the main plot, Ash chirps, “Find something you love and go after it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
These beady-eyed amphibians can be found on the banks of noisy streams throughout China, where the rapids would drown out ordinary croaks and chirps.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 11, 2024
“You count the number of chirps in a minute, divide by four, and add forty. They’re very intelligent.”
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
That was the message from the official Southampton X account to a disgruntled Arsenal fan who had chirped back at the Saints' post celebrating their shock FA Cup victory.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
“Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!” chirped the official account of Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024
The team's independently developed chirped quasi-phase-matching device generates quantum-entangled light by harnessing chirping -- gradually changing an element's polarization reversal period -- to generate quantum photon pairs over a wide bandwidth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
Bellemare also kept in close contact with former teammate Andre Burakovsky, who chirped him “as hard as he could” as soon as he signed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Archie began to squirm, and he chirped like a small bird, or was it the pixies chirping?
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
There was the chirping of cicadas and the crunch of desiccated pine needles underfoot, but the most remarkable thing about the place was the quiet.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It did take her quite a few months to start realising, 'no, this actually is safe'," but now she has "full-blown zoomies outside, tail up, chirping, running around on her lead," Alana said.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Farah believes astronomers will soon detect many more of these "chirping" supernovae.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
It was a mild night, full of strange scents and the chirping of crickets.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
