duck
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“I was literally like a sitting duck, just getting taken south by the current going way off course,” he told Hawaii News Now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
IBM is an odd duck in the technology industry, in that it continues to have positive cash flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Spirit were in immediate trouble after being putting in to bat in their opening fixture, losing openers Grace Harris and Amy Jones for four and a golden duck.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The massive predator shared its environment with other giants, including the horned Triceratops and the duck billed herbivore Edmontosaurus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
And they’d be mostly the same everywhere: a roadrunner whose legs spun in the wind, or maybe a chicken or a duck.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
He’s tiny and delicate, with a full head of black hair, sleeping, wrapped in a blanket printed sparingly with rubber ducks.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Two dead ducks were found in a pond about 250 feet away from the pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Built around a small lake, the park offers plenty of places to sit, eat and watch the ducks glide by.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
New fears, new requests, new hearings, new proposed rules—and a new box of ducks to try to sort out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
She ducks and I miss, so I decide to tackle her, but not too hard, because there isn’t all that much snow on the ground.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Jon Bruno lives a couple of blocks away from the billboard in West Hollywood and ducked out of his house Friday morning to try to catch a glimpse of the spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
"It even ducked under the umbrella when I was running away round the other side."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I immediately ducked down, put my hands up, and covered my head,” she said.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The first lady sat next to the president when the shooting occurred and ducked under a table before she was ushered by security offstage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
She ducked past kids dragging their marvel-valises from the dorms.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
But after a dozen sessions, Maddie began ducking under a chair the moment her veterinarian reached for the needles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
When Trump praised Rubio during his State of the Union, the secretary mouthed “thank you,” placed a hand on his heart, and briefly stood to acknowledge the applause before ducking back into his seat.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Protesters scatter, ducking into the gaps between buildings and pavement.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The boys split, diving into the yard, each ducking behind some large, odd piece of junk.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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