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“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

But Mitchell is a team player, so in the end, Rapaport survives to squawk another day and probably complain about life’s unfairness over that evening’s pasta buffet.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 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

There was a long silence on the other end of the wire, followed by an exclamation . . . then a quick squawk as the connection was broken.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The office cubicle has trapped me again," he squawks on a rambunctious synth-driven stomper that's equal parts Kraftwerk and The Kaiser Chiefs.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

We also passed dense stands of thick-leaved yerba santa, California buckwheat, sugar bush and chilicothe vines and we were treated to the squawks of California scrub jays and a red-tail hawk flying overhead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

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

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

Everyone jumps a bit as the intercom box on the wall squawks to life and we hear the high-pitched voice of Mrs. Dithers, the administrative assistant.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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

Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San Francisco Zoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 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

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

Even the animals are distinctive—especially Kōkī, the pet parrot who acts like a Shakespearean fool, squawking incautious truths to Tongan authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

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

The next morning, Colin felt tired enough to sleep through the rooster's squawking until eight.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green