nighthawk

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Back then, Ahmed pipped Harry Brook to win a six-hitting contest among the Test squad in Pakistan and was England's first nighthawk during his debut in Karachi.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The qualities that make Seymour Hersh a first-rate reporter — his hustle, his wonkiness, his nighthawk drive to unearth a radioactive fact and then top that fact — make him a second-rate memoirist.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

He sat in the chair I had set out, and the nighthawk stood at attention beside him.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017

Nightjars, a kind of nighthawk also known as goatsuckers, sat on the roads that had been baked by the day’s sun to stay warm in the chilly night.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck