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In the ancient world, plagiarism was viewed quite negatively: The word “plagiarism” actually means “kidnapper” in Latin, and the Roman poet Horace described literary theft like a crow making itself beautiful with stolen feathers.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

That’s 28 miles as the crow flies, but our route, with a detour for lunch in Cuyama, swelled the journey to more than 100 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Despite his age, the pensioner is also partial to a bit of Pilates, and recently mastered the "crow" pose.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Most microraptors were quite small, with some species reaching only about the size of a crow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Omakayas had never heard a crow make such a sound before, and she knew it was a special sign of affection.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Scavenger animals such as possums, red foxes and crows can be exposed to the virus while devouring the carcasses of infected birds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Her life is saved by one of the crows that she has befriended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“The grounds rival those of a world-class private resort,” the listing description crows.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

A little later, he upped his game considerably with “The Wailing,” which adds ghosts, demons, dead crows and an extremely literal title.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

The crows retreated to the trees at the edge of the yard, cocking their heads silently, waiting.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

The NBC4 crash marks the most serious incident involving an L.A. news chopper crew since 2000, when a Fox 11 helicopter covering the Academy Awards crashed and burst into flames at Van Nuys Airport.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Coast Guard boat crew pulled two people from the water, and San Francisco police rescued a third, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The disruption took days to completely resolve because of the number of planes and crew left out of place.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

One of the crew handed envelopes to the delivery guys and a man in a suit.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

When Eric Schmidt, speaking last week to the University of Arizona’s graduates, rhapsodized about the coming artificial-intelligence revolution, some in the crowed jeered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

These are all evidence of a healthy company exuding confidence, and management crowed that it was “well-positioned” for the fourth quarter, its busiest time of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025

"So much for being isolated," crowed the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets earlier this week.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

For Ohtani, the manager said, the challenge now is finding comfort in the crowed new routine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

“You can’t even tie a decent knot,” he crowed triumphantly, freeing one arm.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

But the deal he’s now crowing about ensures only that the U.S and Iran will talk about new nuclear limits.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

It was first to publicly announce an end to the exchange with Israel and avoided crowing about the downing of the Apache as it had when other American aircraft were shot down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

While crowing about its Pentagon projects, IonQ hasn’t highlighted that the majority of them weren’t funded in the last two federal budgets, Wolfpack says.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

“When you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

Runt pounced on top of Pax, crowing at his successful ambush.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker