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AI systems in effect parrot back to their developers the facts and concepts the developers have provided to the systems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Spix's macaws, a Brazilian blue parrot extinct in the wild -- as featured in the 2011 Disney film "Rio" -- were transferred from Germany without Brazil's required consent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Last Thursday's arrest follows that of a 23-year-old Thai citizen in July, also caught at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport, who was attempting to smuggle 418 parrot eggs.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“The owner and the parrot are deeply, deeply best friends,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her, and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Lemssouguer, a Moroccan-born mathematician who lives in a 400-year-old Tudor estate outside London and raises rare parrots, is renowned in the rough-and-tumble world of distressed-debt trading for placing bigger-than-usual bets that can move markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A man who lives in a log cabin and keeps wallabies, mongooses, porcupines, parrots and other rare birds has been told to move.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Known for his math skills and obsession with exotic parrots, Lemssouguer has faced big swings before, given his penchant for taking large stakes in companies in turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Thankfully, Jimmy knew of a nest being built on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland which would happily take in the giggle of galahs, alongside its impending parliament of owls and pandemonium of parrots.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Wow. I didn’t know parrots lived that long.”

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

Throughout the show, fans shook lightsticks, parroted Katseye's dance moves and, in some cases, spontaneously burst into tears.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The expenses that Pentagon officials cited in congressional testimony and that then were parroted in media coverage are much lower than the costs the U.S. public will be forced to pay.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Between songs, the camera cut to Jackson, who took on the voice of white America and parroted things that close-minded critics might say about the first solo rap artist to perform at the Super Bowl.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025

One day a fourth grader appeared in front of her with a book about gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk and parroted the line, “This book is an abomination.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Aunt Sera began to sing, and Ella parroted her melody.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Pochettino has been parroting “Miracle,” the movie about the 1980 Olympics, and coach Herb Brooks’s message about needing the right players, not necessarily the best ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, addressed the crowds where he criticised politicians for "parroting" his ideas.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

A 2025 study from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development determined that podcasters and YouTubers have lately been parroting A.I.’s favorite words, including delve.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025

There are verbal routines in “Godot” that Abbott and Costello would have been right at home parroting and physical comedy sequences that Laurel and Hardy would have gladly taken a tumble for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

From that day I stopped parroting the words of Oh, God!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver