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feather

[feth-er] / ˈfɛð ər /


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The specimen therefore captures more than just feather evolution.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Perhaps it’s being pet in a certain way, combing their fur with a brush or letting them chase a feather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Now, two years later, Harry Styles walks onto that same floor in pearls and a feather boa, singing about tenderness and change and wanting.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Another feather in the cap for value is that, while growth stocks generally lead during periods of slowing or scarce profit, profits are now generally picking up and broadening out.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

He had ripped open the feather mattress in search of valuables, littering the floor with mounds of horsehair and goose down.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Some warned him about "cherishing your feathers", a Chinese expression for protecting one's reputation.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The explosive and heart-wrenching tell-all, released this week, has reportedly ruffled feathers inside Buckingham Palace, and its not hard to imagine why.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

If Emily Dickinson were an Orioles fan, she would say that hope is the thing with orange, black and white feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The feathers inside the coprolite are the first ever identified from a hesperornithiform.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

You could have knocked us over with feathers.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Donald Trump could become a lame duck president after US midterm elections but prospects at the ballot box are looking brighter for ducks of the feathered variety.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Iconic fashion designer Bob Mackie, who has died aged 87, spent his career styling the biggest stars in his signature bedazzled, feathered and beaded couture.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

Much too much of him now feathered the bottom of his cage.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

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

The bird is leucistic, which means it lacks pigment in its feathering.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2024

Kartye was even out killing penalties, blocking a Philip Broberg wrist shot and then racing up ice and feathering a pass to Cale Fleury off a 2-on-1 break after he’d stepped out of the box.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

He heard the quick, feathering action of the hinges.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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