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Duckett edged a beauty for a golden duck.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Participants perform duck walks, suitcase carries, bear crawls and overhead holds reminiscent of the log and boat carries in Marine boot camps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

For a Down Under-play on a French duck à l’orange, they keep things local.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The population expands from November through January during duck hunting season, when visitors come out to seasonal camps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Instantly the mother duck quacked her alarm and herded her babies into the shallows.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Karl ducks into a shop and comes out with a bottle of water, flinging it under a bungee cord attached to his trolley, which he had made in Nicaragua early in the adventure.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

He said he wakes up to the sounds of black-bellied whistling ducks every morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

He’s tiny and delicate, with a full head of black hair, sleeping, wrapped in a blanket printed sparingly with rubber ducks.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

We have a cow named Old Pru, and a horse named Grey, and some chickens, ducks and geese; and the old sow and six young pigs.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

"OK, I'm sorry," Massey was heard saying before she ducked.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jon Bruno lives a couple of blocks away from the billboard in West Hollywood and ducked out of his house Friday morning to try to catch a glimpse of the spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

MIAMI—My escort ducked his head into the empty TSA checkpoint 2 miles outside Miami International Airport and whispered, “We have a member arriving.‘

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I immediately ducked down, put my hands up, and covered my head,” she said.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It almost hit Phil in the head, but he ducked just in time.

From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon

But after a dozen sessions, Maddie began ducking under a chair the moment her veterinarian reached for the needles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Guests, including journalists, administration officials, and cabinet members, were instructed to take cover, with many ducking under tables as exits were secured.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Protesters scatter, ducking into the gaps between buildings and pavement.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

I ran down the path, ducking my head, as I burst in through the open doorway.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff