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[kroh] / kroʊ /


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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

“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

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

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

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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