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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

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

Since this show came out, now people squawk chicken noises at me in the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

The great creatures and their greater shadows, with a mingled roar or squawk of triumph, flung themselves upon him.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

After hearing "some squawks", she found her parents and siblings.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

On Sunday, after her setback, she squawks half halfheartedly a few times, with the center affirming she’s “brighter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

Mom squawks, but it's already set up, so we're having a dinner party.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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

“Of course they like you, Ma!” squawked the goose.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

Instead, I tune into my rhythmic footsteps and the medley of background noise from squawking birds, yapping passersby and whooshing traffic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

For these cars, and these engineers, the Blue Bird of Happiness sounds like a squawking flock of Michelins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Ada, 36, is strolling on the beach, unfazed by the wail of air alert sirens mingling with the squawking of seagulls.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 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

The two naturalists began hooting, grunting, squawking, squealing, crowing, mooing, growling, snuffling, quacking, snarling and mewing at one another, until they were red in the face.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White