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OpenAI rejected the offer and Altman subsequently posted on Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
“And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” Musk posted on the site.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
The Twitter logo began a transition to X last week, shortly after Musk tweeted: “and soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
At the beginning, people didn’t “tweet” — it was “I’m going to twitter this,” Bilton recalled.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Nearby, across the river, a lark had begun to twitter and climb.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Looking like a miniature killer whale, it twitters in flight.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2020
A small, pearly ensemble twitters, pipes up, coils, sings and surges over the bells, as a piano provides a rich, mellow grounding.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2016
In an age of 24/7 rolling news, blogs and twitters, we are on constant call wherever we are.
From Time ● Feb. 22, 2012
And, indeed, there were some nervous twitters from the audience.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Shorebirds twittered and blue-gray waves lapped and whooshed, bringing the sounds of the beach to the Central Valley.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
As the orange ball of the sun rose on the horizon and birds twittered in the eucalypti, Baumgarten showed up—a fit, poised, attractive guy in his 40s.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 2, 2020
He twittered on about last night’s screening, then asked me to think of a piece to write for Vogue, so that’s a relief.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 15, 2017
He shows how observing the nesting larks that twittered above 'no man's land' and natural cycles such as the seasons gave a sense of renewal, and how animal 'troops' were inspirationally loyal.
From Nature ● Nov. 15, 2016
The brother-in-law growled in his throat like a happy tomcat and the pregnant ladies twittered like alouettes singing to the sun.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Hansen’s Johanna, the young woman who’s under jealous Judge Turpin’s lock and key, is appropriately bird-like in her melodious twittering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
She has a vocal range that can go from a high-pitched twittering to a growl in a few bars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
It was hopping up and down in a small cage and twittering madly.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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