magpie
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“You can be in a sort of magpie mode where you’re always looking for things to use, and spiriting those things back to your creative process,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
The bird Kang refers to is Sussy, the magpie who accompanies Derpy.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025
There are a number of cultural quirks which mean Cabanagate has Australians more worked up than a magpie in spring.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
Gardner possessed a keen, logical mind as well as—by his own description—"a sort of magpie attitude to facts, the habit of storing things away that did not seem to have any connection at all."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
But, in the foreground, magpies and crows are already swarming to peck at the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
This is made worse by an independent press that has been decimated and replaced by magpies chirping for attention and any chance to go viral.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026
It has also been observed in certain animals, including chimpanzees, dolphins, and magpies.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
The boy, having been fearful of getting lost, finds the way home again by following the thread of red yarn—only to discover that the magpies have prepared a wonderful Christmas surprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
I’ve been out since before it got light, it’s barely dawn now, deathly quiet except for the occasional outburst of chatter from the magpies in the trees above my head.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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