cuckoo
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"Switzerland has nurtured many unexpected good things -- Albert Einstein's physics, the world economy, and the cuckoo clock leap to mind -- and is again helping the world appreciate improbable people and ideas."
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
The cuckoo is a parasitic bird that deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds, who then raise its hatchlings with their own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Nothing about “Another Simple Favor” or its equally cuckoo bananas predecessor, “A Simple Favor,” is subtle.
From Salon • May 3, 2025
Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
The modern cuckoo clock is a simplified version of these ‘automatic’ mechanisms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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