dodo

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Now if the last remaining hereditary peers play their cards right, they could endure another Labour prime minister and delay their destiny to go the way of the dodo.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The company’s other de-extinction hopes include reviving the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 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

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

“The dodo babies are tired; that is all the tricks they can do for now,” she announced.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood