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wren

[ren] / rɛn /


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Then she was quiet for a moment, watching a Carolina wren pop in and out of a gourd it was using for a nest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

By the age of 20 she had been promoted to "leading wren" and soon became involved in plotting maps for ships involved in the war effort.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2024

As the environment warms, southern species such as the grass wren and the northern cardinal spread further north in search of a suitable climate.

From Science Daily Oct. 4, 2023

A bee, butterfly, ladybird, wren and robin all appear on the invite's border to symbolize the beginning of spring and Charles's dedication to sustainability.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2023

And yet there was such color and sound, such life: wren men with their caged birds, dream men blowing colored dust, children with their shoe harps making music just by running.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

In a brief preface Mr. Hoffman has also told us about wrens colonizing an abandoned swallows’ nest above the door of the house he shares with his wife, Julia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Even though wrens from Shetland and St Kilda look physically similar, the genetic changes linked to their evolution are mostly different.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

The area was a major nesting site for yellow-headed black birds, red-winged black birds, marsh wrens, soras and Virginia rails.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

"The ground nesting birds, like the skylarks and the meadow pipits, the wrens and stonechats, they'll have lost their nests and eggs."

From BBC Apr. 11, 2025

Inside an alder bush, just ahead of him, a family of wrens was darting and hopping about, their tails sticking upwards like Indian head-dress feathers.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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