loon
Example Sentences
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“Thanks for reading” was the suggested reply to someone who called me a hopeless loon and another guy who wondered why anybody would read my “dumb column.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
In the season finale, Shane and Ilya steal away to Shane’s remote cottage on a lake north of Ottawa, where Ilya freaks out when he first hears the cry of a loon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
There he will determine whether the recent decline in loon breeding success recorded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources results from a loss of water clarity, as in Wisconsin.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2024
Officials are caring for a common loon and a western grebe that were recovered with oil on their bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
And she would have been right—about him grinning like a loon.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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