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
"It's Americans who are going to squawk," said Prof Hampson.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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. 10, 2023
The only sound was the fountain gurgling forlornly and the occasional squawk of a disgruntled parrot.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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
Each parrot has its own distinctive voice with changes in the frequency of its squawks.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023
Sometimes for a whole day they talked in sea lion grunts or frigate bird squawks or plankton wiggles.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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
As they squawked and brayed, a narrator said: “This year, they march in protest. They are peaceful. They are flightless. But they are certainly not voiceless.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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
And when the robot rushed toward him, Brightbill squawked, “Stay back!” and scrambled away.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Who can blame the infant, even one so tender and mild, for squawking during his circumcision?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
Dr Ben Beska, 33, from Newcastle, said he saw a group of magpies squawking in his garden on Saturday and went out to investigate when he spotted the fish lying in the grass.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
But only in the careful hands of scientists who don’t have Musk squawking “go faster!” over their shoulders.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2024
Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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