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cuckoo

[koo-koo, kook-oo] / ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u /


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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

Nothing about “Another Simple Favor” or its equally cuckoo bananas predecessor, “A Simple Favor,” is subtle.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

They pointed at me and laughed, making cuckoo circles with their fingers.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate




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