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Duckett edged a beauty for a golden duck.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Participants perform duck walks, suitcase carries, bear crawls and overhead holds reminiscent of the log and boat carries in Marine boot camps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Our local host narrated what followed with the ease of a docent: yellow croaker steamed in fragrant rice wine and a whole fruitwood-roasted duck, brought out intact before being carved three ways tableside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

This tenderized duck is served with bulgar wheat and carrot ragu, sweetcorn purée and orange jus.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Well, I know a quark is a subatomic particle, but if you ask me, it also sounds like the noise a subatomic duck might make.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

She points to a stretch of water where three ducks are gliding by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Her farm grew to around 300 goats, 500 ducks and 1,000 chickens, along with fish.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

They also raised cattle, goats, ducks, turkeys, terriers, bees, and English bulldogs.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

We ducked under a gate and surrounded Ernie as he headed to the locker room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I immediately ducked down, put my hands up, and covered my head,” she said.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Then, hoping to avoid any urgent diaper events, I ducked into the next room and dialed up the president.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

He said that "as soon as we heard it we ducked down and I started to see other reporters starting to run, and you shortly heard Secret Service officers saying get inside, get inside."

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

They rested the currach on their hands and ducked their heads so I could see their faces.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

One person sits in concentrated silence at each window, another perched in the back of the pick-up truck, ducking for the occasional limb branching from trees which rise around us.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

While making his way through the ballroom he came across reporters ducking for cover and some jockeying for position with their phone cameras.

From Salon ● May 1, 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

At the far end, by the library office, a couple of boys were balling up paper and lobbing it over onto other boys’ heads, then ducking down and laughing.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin