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crow

[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

Most microraptors were quite small, with some species reaching only about the size of a crow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Both species make tools for foraging—the crow makes 15 separate ones—but chimps also use tools to scratch or clean their bodies and to threaten others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

"I truly think it had given up by the time the crow had found it," Claire said.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

She looked down the fence and saw that it was no hen at all, but a young crow, flapping in the grass, acting most odd.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Amid the many animal metaphors that invariably occupy reactions to my predictions, a dominant theme are dogs and crows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Scavenger animals such as possums, red foxes and crows can be exposed to the virus while devouring the carcasses of infected birds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Welcome to Fobes Ranch… a truly extraordinary piece of California mountain history,” the listing crows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Her life is saved by one of the crows that she has befriended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“This is exactly what we needed!” he crows.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

The 18 crew members on the second vessel were rescued.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The airline said it was cooperating with investigators and said the “safety and wellbeing of our passengers, crew and operations remain our highest priority.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The London Ambulance Service crew and family members withdrew from the property and police were called, Farrelly said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The attack caused no injuries among the tanker’s crew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I saw me doing a man’s work on a crew of men who’d logged all winter.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

“Behind gates on a rare flat lot in Mount Olympus, this private retreat captures unobstructed panoramic views that stretch from downtown Los Angeles to the ocean,” the listing crowed.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

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

"So much for being isolated," crowed the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets earlier this week.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

Colbert crowed in a subsequent “Late Show” monologue, which happened to land the week before the 2024 Emmys telecast.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

The confused cock crowed throughout the night until morning finally arrived.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Mr. Hilton is all for crowing about the size of the state’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

“When you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

It was still dark, although the crowing of a rooster told her dawn was not far away.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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