goose
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According to Rawlence, the ancestors of the St Bathans goose reached Zealandia more than 14 million years ago, but their lineage eventually disappeared without leaving surviving descendants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
As Vienna grapples with smashed record after smashed record for tourist numbers, a plan to more than double its visitors' tax has worried hotel owners fearful of killing the Austrian capital's golden goose.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
And finally, they look at the latest PowerPoint from SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and try to understand if a goose has value and if eggs can lay more eggs.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
A day after SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son described his company as an undervalued goose laying golden eggs, a crack appeared in one of the Japanese investment group’s prized investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We’re here to hunt deer,” he said, “but it looks like we’re having goose for dinner.”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
US Airways Flight 1549 came down in the Hudson River on 15 January 2009, after both its engines were disabled in a collision with a flock of geese shortly after take-off.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Today, producers are concentrated in the eastern provinces of Shandong and Anhui, where farmers churn out thousands of tons of foie gras by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He added that the giant flightless Cnemiornis geese provide another remarkable example of how quickly island species can change.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then there's wildlife: a recent European study found Arctic migratory geese flew away from their sleeping sites in response to New Year's Eve fireworks and never returned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Listening Rock baked in the sun while geese flew overhead, honking.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Presprouting gooses corms into an even earlier bloom.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
The experimental vaccine takes an entirely different approach: It gooses the body's preexisting supply of pathogen-gobbling immune cells called macrophages, which engulf and digest bacteria, fungi and other bad actors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
When the action gets creaky, Byron Werner’s photography gooses things along: He’s especially effective with low-to-the-ground shots that add a creepy surreality to simple setups.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
Freshening the cocktail, Morton frequently gooses things with topical and local gags.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017
I was surprised that all them sitting-in-one-spot ducks and gooses hadn’t been took home and cooked.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Everybody knew that Sallinger was goosed on first, or second, viewing.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Meanwhile Nathan Johnson’s score of scratchy cellos and foreboding horns pairs well with a dramatic burst of organ music — one of many goofy-great jump scares goosed up by the editor Bob Ducsay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Still, even if that report is goosed up, just look out the window.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
FDR’s early Turkey Day goosed early Christmas buying.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
In addition to climate change, researchers found that a recently concluded La Nina phenomenon, which changes weather worldwide, and an ocean heat wave were factors in goosing Gabrielle’s impact.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Walters agreed but wanted to revamp it by changing the name, goosing the program’s academic tone and embracing discussions of more personal interest to viewers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
Parton gives the hoary tune new life by flipping the gender of Rodgers’ lyric — she’s a “lady muleskinner” — and by goosing it with a hurtling rock-and-soul rhythm track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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