magpie
Example Sentences
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We never got to find out who Elvis, with his magpie love for all music, might have become if he’d traveled the world and gotten to pick up an ashram sitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 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
But his magpie tendencies go even further, cherry-picking from artists ranging from Paramore and Miley Cyrus to Daniel Bedingfield and Bon Iver.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
The bird Kang refers to is Sussy, the magpie who accompanies Derpy.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025
And then a magpie landed on the miller’s barn and would not be chased away.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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