dodo

Example Sentences

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I came across exactly one ultra-rare single-zero roulette wheel on the Strip, which felt a little bit like uncovering the hutch of the last surviving dodo.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Patience, of course, is as rare as the dodo bird on the Govan Road.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

In between live-action roles, Tudyk broke into animation by voicing a dodo in 2002’s “Ice Age.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Still on the ground, they writhed in mock agony and made their dying dodo noises.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood