squawk

Economists might applaud, but elderly voters will squawk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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. 10, 2023

So I take a cloth and try and wipe him down, but I squawk every time that wiry hair touches my hand.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

His mash-up feels fresh, just as the bombastic score by Juri Seppä and Tuomas Wäinölä boldly borrows Ennio Morricone’s soaring horns and wah-wah-waaah squawks while adding its own gargle of Finnish throat singing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

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

The honks and squawks of ibises and louries - shuffling silhouettes in the leafless trees.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

As they approached the summit, dark shapes flitted across the sky above them, letting out occasional hoots and squawks in the night.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Airnav Radar reported that the BA Airbus A321 squawked the 7700 emergency code, which is used when there are mechanical or technical problems on board aircraft.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

He shook his tail feathers and squawked, “It’s true! This robot is my mother! Come see for yourselves!”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

“That’s going to cause a lot more squawking in January,” Smith said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the ocean-side city of Gloucester, about an hour north of Boston, the sharp smell of salt air has been undercut by the lingering funk of rotting garbage, and squawking seagulls circle overhead.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

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

But only in the careful hands of scientists who don’t have Musk squawking “go faster!” over their shoulders.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2024

That tiny voice was more than the old goose could bear, and she began gliding across the pond and squawking to the robot, “What are you doing with that hungry hatchling? Where are his parents?”

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown