peacock
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Instead of the usual vibrant red, this year’s carpet is peacock blue in honor of the 100th anniversary of NBC, which is broadcasting the ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Davis and her daughter call the peacock Sugar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
A peacock had to be captured after it terrorised a 92-year-old farmer's chickens.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
As if to underline the point, he wore a medallion around his neck featuring NBC’s peacock logo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Mom’s own headscarf was dark blue, with peacock feather designs embroidered on it.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
To get a sense of the topography, walk 10 minutes from the center of town up to the Citadelle, a fortress where peacocks roam and you’ll have panoramic views over the Gulf of St. Tropez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
I’m lucky in that I live near three botanic gardens, so I really have my pick, but I got a membership to the Arboretum because I like that they have peacocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
“They might,” said Arianne, “but peacocks are vain, proud creatures, strutting about in all those gaudy colors. Give me a swan serene in white or beautiful in black.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
In a choreographic sequence during the final seconds of his program, Malinin peacocked to the fans—and judges—with the kind of daring maneuver that’s more common on snow than ice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Ultimately, “banter” is nothing more than a buzzword, the 2024 answer to the “sapiosexual” craze where online daters peacocked their degrees by designating their sexual preference as “intellectuals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Charles’s coronation was a full-color spectacle, showing off the peacocked glory of British tradition and the bells and whistles of 21st-century TV.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
Nothing about the way that pair peacocked their way around Augusta National Golf Club during Saturday’s third round indicated they have any intention of allowing those behind them in on their personal tournament.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2018
At once he had endeavored to satisfy old Gamewell by telling him the story of the peacocked arrow.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
No peacocking and no polyester are among the codes junior bankers typically learn by breaking them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
It was a novel turn for an artist venerated for his dexterity, his peacocking, his exuberance, his progressivism.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
There is a boastfulness and peacocking at times.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Yes, isn't it absurd for me to be peacocking like this?
From Under the Country Sky by Frances Rogers
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