covey
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One surprise in his black art exhibition was the inclusion of “Virginian Partridge,” a dramatic 1830 John James Audubon graphic showing a fierce red hawk going after a covey of fluttering quail.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2020
Mr. Murphy said he almost fell after he startled a covey of pigeons that burst into flight.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019
From businesses, governments and organisations, a scripted response will fail to resonate as it will not covey empathy and compassion.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2018
Out flew Secret Service agents and a covey of aides, all unavoidably inflated with the adrenaline-rush self-importance of big-time campaigning, and then from behind the tinted glass came Hillary Clinton.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016
A covey of goosebumps thrilled up the backs of my arms, because it felt like that to me, too.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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