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bird

[burd] / bɜrd /
NOUN
flying animal
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I finally snapped one day, a month and a half into having the app on my phone, when I got yet another notification from the bird telling me it missed me.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

She’s been using Finch for more than a year now, and added, “I still have a long way to go, but love having my bird and self-care exercises in my back pocket.”

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

In a rare bipartisan resolution, California lawmakers established Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, as California Wildlife Day in remembrance of Jackie, calling the bird “a California icon.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Last December, Griff Washburn put down his guitar, picked up a shotgun and went out to hunt his first bird.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

You may think that what I’ve described is a very pleasant-looking bird.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The deer also reduce habitat and food sources for native birds and mammals, like the endemic Catalina Island fox, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Pyka has used lidar from the outset to detect trees, vehicles, large birds and terrain.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The team examined weekly GPS records from 4,581 individual mammals and birds across the continental U.S. during matching periods in 2019 and 2020.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

"It will be terrible for some of the birds, seabirds that are nesting here that are quite endangered."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The snake fell into the water with a splash and swam away as birds took to the air in a mighty rush of wingbeats.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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