preen
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These days, pastel and fluorescent birds groom, preen and bicker in enclosures behind the home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Maybe it’s happiest tucked into a cast-iron skillet, going golden and jammy while the showier types preen in their baskets.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025
It might be a bank holiday in the UK, but for the designers, publicists and PAs, it'll be an extraordinarily busy day as they preen and prepare their stars to walk the grand staircase.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
“When you have that double concentration, it really focuses you. It forces you to not lay back, becomes quite athletic. You don’t show, point, preen or strut, you do. That’s always the sweet spot.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
When dinner was done, the fire would blaze on; Frightful would sit on the foot post of the bed and preen and wipe her beak and shake.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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