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pheasant

[fez-uhnt] / ˈfɛz ənt /




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In theory she is dressed for pheasant shooting on the hills of the castle estate but in practice it is all in the name of fashion.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

If you preferred food with legs, there was roast pheasant and, of course, steak.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

I covered Gov. Walz on his pheasant hunt last fall when he was a vice presidential candidate.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2025

He cried when his dad took him pheasant hunting.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

Mr Hughes said it was known that pheasants presented a risk of infecting wild birds, "some of which are threatened at a national level".

From BBC Sep. 11, 2025

Instead, Cricket chased the pheasants while “having the time of her life.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

And many times my brother and I would have to go out and hunt for our dinner — rabbits, pheasants, squirrels and other food that we could find.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2023

According to documents given to the family after the incident, officials seized more than 1,500 feathers from parrots, pheasants, ducks, doves, macaws, ravens, turkeys, emus and hawks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2023

In the morning, astonished with themselves and terrified for their futures, they drove back toward Alamosa; the roads were decorated with fat autumn pheasants and strikingly beautiful yellow-headed blackbirds.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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