feather

A real feather in its cap at the time, but a decade or so on, and it can now identify 11,000 species of birds - around as many as exist in the world.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Eagles reach sexual maturity at the age of 5, and that’s when their feather patterns change to the more familiar white head feathers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

Couric interviewed Levi in February for her book club, and afterward Levi sent Couric a letter enclosed with a feather, one of the book’s motifs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

It also calls to mind a well-worn saying in gasoline markets: Prices rise like a rocket, and come down like a feather.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I heard Mrs. Brisbane talk that way.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Cheaper and faster models coming from developers in China -- particularly from DeepSeek and Moonshot -- have ruffled feathers, and raised concerns about intellectual property theft, in the US.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

It’s gliding along the water, occasionally changing direction or ruffling its feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Also, her feathers were very disheveled, which is not normal for a healthy bird,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

A photograph on 4 May in Northumberland showed damage to her feathers before gamekeepers in the Lammermuirs noticed the bird was in pain and alerted the charity behind the conservation project.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

I recognized those feathers to be the very ones that came off the bonnet she’d found on our landlady’s stoop a few months ago.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Looking back at photos from the era, with their feathered hair and cutoff jeans, is more than an exercise in nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Having recently released her new memoir, “Famesick,” Lena Dunham made her first Met Gala appearance since 2019, wearing a heavy flow of a red feathered dress.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

"We are aware of the global supply chain challenges and subsequent increases in feathered shuttlecock prices impacting badminton communities around the world," BWF secretary general Thomas Lund said in a statement at the time.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

The study focused on nine fossils from eastern China belonging to Anchiornis, a feathered Pennaraptoran dinosaur.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026

In a feathered hat and banana-yellow dress dragging past her feet, one woman waddled to her seat.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

But Sunday, he used touch when required, floating passes that allowed receivers to run after the catch and feathering balls between levels of defenders.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

Earlier in the day, England added 36 runs to their overnight 258-7, with Jonny Bairstow only able to add 10 more runs before feathering Scott Boland behind to fall for 113.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2022

It was at work upon the feathering of his shafts that the first of the reporters found him.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley