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cuckoo

[koo-koo, kook-oo] / ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u /


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My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

If you rode your horse to that one, you know what a cuckoo series that was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

And that has momentum traders going cuckoo for qubits.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The estate is home to rare wildlife, including curlew, mountain bumblebees, lapwings, red squirrels, cuckoo and merlin, as well as Atlantic salmon and critically endangered eels, but the conservationists say nature could be richer still.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

When my friends come over to play, they all like our cuckoo clock.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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