duck

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Along with the passenger pigeon we exterminated the great auk, the Carolina parakeet, the Labrador duck and the ivory-billed woodpecker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“If it quacks like a duck, it’s probably sports betting and it ought to be regulated as such.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

The group had also raised money to pay for the bulbs by selling 12,000 bags of duck food.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

But the visitors who go to Butterworth’s looking for something exotic are not just Midwestern tourists out for pork cheeks or dry-aged duck breast to sample on a patriotic vacation.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

I watched another little duck climb on his mother’s back.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls