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Economists might applaud, but elderly voters will squawk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

But Mitchell is a team player, so in the end, Rapaport survives to squawk another day and probably complain about life’s unfairness over that evening’s pasta buffet.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

The plane transmitted a 7700 squawk code - which are broadcast to tell air traffic control that there is an emergency and the aircraft needs priority handling.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

It seems as if everything you’ve described about this class certification is just obviously correct, and I’m trying to figure out what the DOJ is going to squawk about.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025

The crickets and cicadas make a ceaseless, deafening buzz, coyotes cry mournfully in the distance, songbirds cheep and squawk at the first hint of dawn.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

A laptop on the center console dings like a supermarket scanner every time license-plate readers attached to the truck capture another car’s tag—and the computer squawks when it spots a possible repo candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

Here, it’s called Stickipoo — and if its robotic squawks and light-saber glow appear on loan from George Lucas, that’s only fair.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

Each parrot has its own distinctive voice with changes in the frequency of its squawks.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

There are a couple of reasons you might be finding it harder than ever to tune out the squawks, whistles and trills of Los Angeles’ wild parrots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

From the deepest silence erupt groans and howls, snorts and squawks, creaks and croaks.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Some of them squawked about the slush fund in ways that took me by surprise.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

Parrots and macaws that had outlived their owners squawked in a giant aviary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Instead, the backing track squawked for a second and then dead air filled the room, with nary a patriotic chord to be heard.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

Green-winged Inca jays, with yellow bellies and black-and-blue faces, fluttered and squawked in nearby branches, and a dazzling array of hummingbirds purred and thumped, jostling for space at assorted feeders.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

The goslings smiled and squawked and flapped over to their parents, bonking into one another and tumbling across the ground.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Some customers have lambasted the bots on social media, while others prefer them to a garbled voice squawking from a speaker box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

In the ocean-side city of Gloucester, about an hour north of Boston, the sharp smell of salt air has been undercut by the lingering funk of rotting garbage, and squawking seagulls circle overhead.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

Massry runs from the front of the store to the back, walkie-talkie on his waist squawking as employees request help at the registers.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024

But only in the careful hands of scientists who don’t have Musk squawking “go faster!” over their shoulders.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2024

The chicken had stopped squawking; perhaps it had decided to accept the inevitable.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie