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eagle

[ee-guhl] / ˈi gəl /




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He gave Xi a bald eagle statue and declared the two had “never gotten along better.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And the double-headed eagle of the Habsburg Empire sits atop a 19th-century silver and glass pin from Peru.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving into adulthood with a badly broken wing has been spotted back in the skies above Scotland's west coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A game called "Flappy Bill" features a bald eagle carrying a document in its claws that tries to avoid smashing into columns of various heights, against a background that resembles Washington DC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sometimes she appears as cupbearer to the gods; sometimes that office is held by Ganymede, a beautiful young Trojan prince who was seized and carried up to Olympus by Zeus’s eagle.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Two out of five pairs of eagles released by a reintroduction project successfully bred and raised young with one chick fledging from a nest in Dorset and two more in Sussex.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Sea eagles, also known as white tailed eagles, were hunted to extinction in the UK and the UK's last native white-tailed eagle was shot in Shetland back in 1918, according to the charity.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The 14-year-old eagle was found weak and unable to fly after sparring with younger eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

KD1’s appearance has sparked varied reactions from fans of Big Bear’s famed eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Lee birdied seven of the first 15 holes and eagled the par-five 17th before a closing bogey at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

After bogeying the first hole, Phillips birdied the second, eagled the third and birdied the fourth to vault to the top of the leaderboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

After bogeys on the 12th and 13th, Griffin eagled the 15th and birdied the 16th to move to within a stroke of Scheffler.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025

Arnaus played at Carnoustie, where he birdied five straight holes from No. 17 after starting at the 10th, and also eagled the par-5 14th hole.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

Up the lanes he sent his bursting spirits flying in shrill whistlings and gay hummings; slashed stones with his stick; struck across the fields and took gates and stiles in great spread- eagled vaults.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

After eagling the third, Pajaree’s momentum stalled on the front nine but she came home in 30 with six birdies, making five in a row from the ninth.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021

After that went away, she parred the dangerous 12th before eagling No. 13 to start her torrid finish to top Arkansas’ Maria Fassi.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2019

He had a bogey-free round, opening with a birdie on the par-5 first, eagling the par-5 seventh and adding birdies on the par-4 ninth and 16th.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2017

Woods needed to do what Phil Mickelson did Saturday, eagling No. 13 and birdieing No. 15 to catapult up the leader board.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2012

If not un-Englishing America in mind And heart forever, vain the shrieks Of Freedom, eagling back to dawn's first streaks.

From Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Edward Doyle




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