peck
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So I sit down and try to peck out a few words, a few thoughts on a couple ideas I have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
"You know what it’s like when you’re young, and you meet someone you like and they like you, and you got a peck on the cheek and that’s all you got," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
The lanky Yank had driven the spud-loving critter off his land more times than he could count, and the $10 he’d invested in a peck of potato seeds was disappearing with every bite.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
The girl turned away before he could give her a peck on the head.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
It took a few casual steps and stopped to peck at the ground—a perfect target.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
Back in Beadnell, on the kind of grey blustery day when the rain pecks at your face, the Craster Arms has a steady stream of windbent visitors.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
While some of the pecks are small, he said, “in the most extreme cases, the largest wounds can cover a big portion of the calves’ back and can be one meter long or even bigger.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Every time the feisty bird's beak makes contact with the hard surface — at up to 20 pecks per second — the impact vibrates throughout its head and neck.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
The two had already exchanged a few friendly words and more customary pecks on the cheeks before the kiss.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
Jay struts up and down before he pecks at a card, while a woman waits to hear Rani tell her fortune.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Arkansas pecked out a deal with Arkansas-based Tyson Foods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But surely some American women can relate to feeling pecked or prodded, and pushed aside when they reach middle age.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
But it does need to survive being pecked by a bird or chewed by other small animals.
From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 23, 2024
The silence in my home, after that, was unsettling: no scritch-scratching of claws on hardwood floors or chomping of kibble in the background as I pecked away at my keyboard writing articles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
When it did not come, hunger awoke him; he ran from his roost to Miyax, pecked on her boot, and fluttered his wings for food.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
In the Olympic hospitality pecking order, the premium lounges beat the leisure lounges and the hospitality pavilions, which provide shared havens for followers of multiple sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Perhaps the Chargers’ first preseason game — and who plays first, most or not at all during it — will indicate a pecking order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 19-year-old's long-term future at Arsenal has been debated since he slipped down the pecking order last season - behind Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie - as Arsenal's third choice left-back.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We keep pecking, pecking, pecking at them, and I start to see light at the end of the tunnel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
I open the door, and Lubek grins, pushes a pecking chicken away from his feet, and goes straight to the pot to make himself a cup of tea.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
