dodo

Example Sentences

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I came across exactly one ultra-rare single-zero roulette wheel on the Strip, which felt a little bit like uncovering the hutch of the last surviving dodo.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Patience, of course, is as rare as the dodo bird on the Govan Road.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

But with the pension going the way of the dodo, planning and saving for retirement isn't your employer's problem anymore.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024

“I’d think it was a dodo, only dodos are extinct. This will make an elegant picture, if I can ever get her to turn around.”

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater