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crow

[kroh] / kroʊ /


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“I’ve had to eat crow, because it became big all over the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

A frozen crow was encased in the snow.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

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

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

When a crow sometimes consciously detects a stimulus and sometimes does not, specific nerve cells respond in line with that internal experience.

From Science Daily Dec. 15, 2025

As soon as I stepped off Old Familiar with her in my arms, the giant crow cawed and took off, disappearing into the shadows.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The first thing I noticed was the sound of the place: the chatter of chickadees, the crows of a rooster and the honks of geese.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Some live-capture traps are permitted for pest control of species like crows and pigeons, but traps must be checked regularly and non-target species released unharmed.

From BBC May 25, 2026

A little later, he upped his game considerably with “The Wailing,” which adds ghosts, demons, dead crows and an extremely literal title.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

There is a chance the crisis widens, its unknowables blooming into view, the crows coming home to roost.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2026

A murder of crows had gathered on one of the trees, cackling and flapping.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Turkish officials on Tuesday said a drone attack the previous day on two civilian vessels in the Black Sea left crew members injured.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

Of the 259 passengers and crew who died on board the airliner, 190 were from the United States, where Al-Marimi will be tried.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

One of the most notable findings was that spending more time near other crew members was not consistently linked to better social outcomes.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Haggard waffled over the years on whether the anti-hippie hardliner anthem was a satire of the crew cut set or a genuine tribute to his conservative father.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

“This is 335,” one of the crew said over the radio, announcing their flight number before reporting what he saw.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

Ada Carrillo, one of the devout who crowed the basilica this week, said she unites all of Mexico, transcending political, geographic and class divides.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

These are all evidence of a healthy company exuding confidence, and management crowed that it was “well-positioned” for the fourth quarter, its busiest time of the year.

From MarketWatch Nov. 6, 2025

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

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

“You can’t even tie a decent knot,” he crowed triumphantly, freeing one arm.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

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

Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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