dodo

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

No doubt this was just as painful as it sounds; nowadays the pince-nez is as extinct as the dodo.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood