dodo

Example Sentences

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Now if the last remaining hereditary peers play their cards right, they could endure another Labour prime minister and delay their destiny to go the way of the dodo.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I came across exactly one ultra-rare single-zero roulette wheel on the Strip, which felt a little bit like uncovering the hutch of the last surviving dodo.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

As a subscriber to the Los Angeles Times for over 50 years, I must say that I’m sorry to see my Sports section go the way of the dodo bird.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2023

Jam and Redemption sat at the table, and Bitter slid them a plate with some dodo on it, the oil draining away on folded paper towels.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi