crow
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That’s 28 miles as the crow flies, but our route, with a detour for lunch in Cuyama, swelled the journey to more than 100 miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Perhaps the same will be true with “Obsession”; Curry Barker’s copycats will try and fail to interpret the trials of dating when personality is a facade, and I’ll be left eating crow.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite his age, the pensioner is also partial to a bit of Pilates, and recently mastered the "crow" pose.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She showed off a female crow, Varia, who can say her own name.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The giant shadow crow cawed as they soared above us.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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“Welcome to Fobes Ranch… a truly extraordinary piece of California mountain history,” the listing crows.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Yet the crows offer a saving contrast to the Darwinian competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
We just saw crows, loitering on fence posts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
There is a chance the crisis widens, its unknowables blooming into view, the crows coming home to roost.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
There were squirrels, toads, coyotes, skunks, an otter, crows, boars, and one mammoth-sized porcupine.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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He has to constantly hydrate, so he places big cups of water on both sides of the stage with straws, but sometimes the crew and other actors help him pick up the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Our deepest sympathies are with the guests, crew, their families and loved ones, and all those affected by this tragic accident,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Each carrier has about 5,000 crew members; the escort ships carry a combined total of another 1,000.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Gardner, who has been on board The Dominator since 2018, said the crew had been about 10 miles from Whitby Harbour on Sunday when they made their first catch.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many of his crew were much more experienced sailors.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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When Eric Schmidt, speaking last week to the University of Arizona’s graduates, rhapsodized about the coming artificial-intelligence revolution, some in the crowed jeered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
“Exquisite and tranquil lands perfect for hiking, horseback riding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and more,” the listing crowed.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
"So much for being isolated," crowed the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets earlier this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
Co-host Charlie Kirk crowed that “every hand of 7,000 people” went up after he asked the crowd if they cared.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
“I know it already! It’s Romulus and Remus, the twins who were raised by a wolf,” Baron Hoover crowed.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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But the deal he’s now crowing about ensures only that the U.S and Iran will talk about new nuclear limits.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
It was first to publicly announce an end to the exchange with Israel and avoided crowing about the downing of the Apache as it had when other American aircraft were shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
While crowing about its Pentagon projects, IonQ hasn’t highlighted that the majority of them weren’t funded in the last two federal budgets, Wolfpack says.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
“We were listening to the roosters crowing at 5 in the morning here,” said Marks during a video call from Hawaii on Wednesday after the 76th Emmy Award nominations were announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
Each day, Father Monaghan finds some modicum of peace in nature: the singing of morning birds, the distant crowing of roosters, the sun shining through mango trees.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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