goose
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Necropsies will be carried out on a variation of seabirds gathered from across the North East including eight guillemots, five herring gulls, a gannet and a pink-footed goose.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“At least we can try and save our cops from going on wild goose chases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Strewn about the messy stand are a freshly killed rooster, duck and goose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
While the next men’s World Cup, FIFA’s biggest golden goose, is still four years away, the consequences of a European boycott would have been felt immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
They crouched and licked their lips and dreamed of feasting on the goose and the pigeon.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Scot was asked to speak to the players before the tournament in Gleneagles by team captain Paul McGinley, where he recounted the story of the geese.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bird remains were found on other samples of the blades, and a witness reported seeing a flock of geese take flight shortly before the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But as the geese flew closer, the island’s greener interior came into view.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Sakurai further gooses the nostalgia factor by laying in time-capsule radio smashes, with 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” proving particularly important to the plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
“But if we get cooler jobs data, cooler inflation data, if we get cooler spending data, that’s what brings rates down dramatically and that gooses stocks higher. That’s kind of what we saw this week.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Then Ms. Schumer gooses the crowd — “right?” she shouts, earning applause.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2011
Them Canadians are keen on putting benches up and throwing pathways down so’s you could sit and keep a eye on the water and the ducks and gooses.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Cycling, like other endurance sports, has undergone a revolution in carb-taking, a trend that also goosed mind-bending breakthroughs like the recent sub 2-hour marathons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
After several months waiting on a review from Los Angeles County Building and Safety, she said she goosed the process along by sitting in the county office on Woodbury Avenue during her lunch breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
"You're totally goosed the next day and then the day after that is a battle as well," said Murray, whose brother Andy finished an Australian Open match last year at 4am.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
Still, even if that report is goosed up, just look out the window.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
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
It’s a key point on Wall Street because cuts to rates would release pressure on the economy and the financial system, while goosing investment prices.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
He’s gripped by the mechanics of how the divers pulled it off, a feat that needs very little goosing from the composer Benjamin Wallfisch’s rattling cymbals to play like a thriller.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 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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