duck

Example Sentences

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But we also saved species that were headed for oblivion, including the wild turkey, the wood duck, the bald eagle and—that bane of airports and golf courses everywhere—the Canada goose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

In my opinion, I could be a sitting duck.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

But the visitors who go to Butterworth’s looking for something exotic are not just Midwestern tourists out for pork cheeks or dry-aged duck breast to sample on a patriotic vacation.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Having led Scotland for the most of the game two weeks ago, it was another night when Wales threatened to break their duck only to fall short.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

On reaching the river, Rowdy and I stopped to watch a mother duck, with about a dozen little babies, working around an old drift close to the bank.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls