cuckoo
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And that has momentum traders going cuckoo for qubits.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
In Costa Rica, a rufous-vented ground cuckoo snatches a cicada fleeing an army ant swarm.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
I have lived, Jhabvala said, like “a cuckoo forever insinuating myself into others’ nests.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“The cuckoo clock, the Dutch door, the daylight basement — humble horsemen of the domestic Apocalypse. The VWs, parked in the driveway.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
The wish had settled like a cuckoo in the nest of her heart, where it kept fluffing up its plumage and making itself at home, no matter how hard she tried to throw it out.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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