goose
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On X he posted: "What is good for the goose is good for the gander."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
You’ll notice that the coyote isn’t even accorded a jury of his peers, merely two animated jurors out of 12, and one is a silly goose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
While the next men’s World Cup, FIFA’s biggest golden goose, is still four years away, the consequences of a European boycott would have been felt immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Working together, the flock increases its flying range by 71% over a goose flying solo.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The goose opened his mouth to speak, but the station bells started ringing.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"The reason we watch videos of geese is that the head of the flock is like the ball-carrier," the Australian said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jones is not the only coach to have used geese to motivate his players.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bird remains were found on other samples of the blades, and a witness reported seeing a flock of geese take flight shortly before the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The meadow buzzed with excitement as families of geese crowded together.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Sakurai further gooses the nostalgia factor by laying in time-capsule radio smashes, with 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” proving particularly important to the plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Presprouting gooses corms into an even earlier bloom.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
The experimental vaccine takes an entirely different approach: It gooses the body's preexisting supply of pathogen-gobbling immune cells called macrophages, which engulf and digest bacteria, fungi and other bad actors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
Freshening the cocktail, Morton frequently gooses things with topical and local gags.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017
Them Canadians are keen on putting benches up and throwing pathways down so’s you could sit and keep a eye on the water and the ducks and gooses.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
What’s funny about all this is that Husted’s blandness is likely what landed him in the unfortunate spot of getting rhetorically goosed by Trump almost every night.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Cycling, like other endurance sports, has undergone a revolution in carb-taking, a trend that also goosed mind-bending breakthroughs like the recent sub 2-hour marathons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
After several months waiting on a review from Los Angeles County Building and Safety, she said she goosed the process along by sitting in the county office on Woodbury Avenue during her lunch breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
"You're totally goosed the next day and then the day after that is a battle as well," said Murray, whose brother Andy finished an Australian Open match last year at 4am.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Lower rates would relax the pressure on the economy and financial system, while also goosing prices for investments.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
If these purchases are indeed goosing stock returns, the numbers don’t show it conclusively.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
Parton gives the hoary tune new life by flipping the gender of Rodgers’ lyric — she’s a “lady muleskinner” — and by goosing it with a hurtling rock-and-soul rhythm track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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