nighthawk

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That distinction goes to Rehan Ahmed, who wandered out as the nighthawk as an 18-year-old in Karachi two years ago.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

The qualities that make Seymour Hersh a first-rate reporter — his hustle, his wonkiness, his nighthawk drive to unearth a radioactive fact and then top that fact — make him a second-rate memoirist.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

Nightjars, a kind of nighthawk also known as goatsuckers, sat on the roads that had been baked by the day’s sun to stay warm in the chilly night.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

Photograph: Katherine Rose for the Observer Contrary to form, nighthawk DJ Mary Anne Hobbs won't be rolling into her new job fresh from a club, bass still ringing in her ears.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2012

Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck