squawk
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It’s the show’s trademark exclamation, the involuntary squawk of the lucky person who’s just gotten something for nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The plane transmitted a 7700 squawk code - which are broadcast to tell air traffic control that there is an emergency and the aircraft needs priority handling.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
It seems as if everything you’ve described about this class certification is just obviously correct, and I’m trying to figure out what the DOJ is going to squawk about.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025
When Roman blurts out that Logan’s gone, handing Shiv the phone, her tearful squawk is heartrending.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023
"You're enough to give the devil himself fits! Haven't I so muddled their brains they want to turn you loose? And you reward me with a royal squawk!"
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
A laptop on the center console dings like a supermarket scanner every time license-plate readers attached to the truck capture another car’s tag—and the computer squawks when it spots a possible repo candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
When the Vallon squawks the sappers get down on their knees and stomachs to identify the threat.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2023
Here, it’s called Stickipoo — and if its robotic squawks and light-saber glow appear on loan from George Lucas, that’s only fair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
The sounds of squawks and meows could be heard as chickens and stray cats roamed among the vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
He came behind me into the reception room where the birds flamed in the cage, their squawks like screams in a nightmare.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Some of them squawked about the slush fund in ways that took me by surprise.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
Parrots and macaws that had outlived their owners squawked in a giant aviary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San Francisco Zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
Instead, the backing track squawked for a second and then dead air filled the room, with nary a patriotic chord to be heard.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
“What do you mean, you’re not alive?” squawked Brightbill.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
A raven in Colorado once lured two curious biologists deep into the woods with squawking alarm calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Ada, 36, is strolling on the beach, unfazed by the wail of air alert sirens mingling with the squawking of seagulls.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Massry runs from the front of the store to the back, walkie-talkie on his waist squawking as employees request help at the registers.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
For her mother’s birthday on Nov. 12, Ramirez took her to Rosemead Boulevard to witness the unusual sundown spectacle of squawking parrots plunging into the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
His mind filled up with the sounds of flapping sails and squawking seagulls.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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