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The skipper himself felt it necessary to duck off the field.

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

His newest creation is a confit duck dish, made with duck from Victoria.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Babushkinov children had learned English from their former tutor, who was a very odd duck indeed.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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

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

It was not unpleasant in itself, if you did not know what had once been there—the sedge, the ducks, and the giant carp that two tramps had roasted and feasted on by the island temple.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"OK, I'm sorry," Massey was heard saying before she ducked.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jonathan, 40, a balloon artist who runs an event business, had ducked out to a matinee of “The Odyssey.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

She ducked out of sight and craned to listen.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

As Archer cranked up the pace, Phillips spent plenty of time on the floor, ducking and diving.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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

There was no ducking the seriousness of his job.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama