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eagle

[ee-guhl] / ˈi gəl /




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One of the messages was in Russian and included a link to a new Telegram account named "Hitcore", the logo of which is a metallic eagle emblazoned over the Russian tricolour flag.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

At Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary amphitheater, patients would be ushered beneath his impressive gaze; a “lithe man” with “steel-blue eyes,” Bell would press his fingertips together and peer magisterially over his eagle nose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The London team, known as the Eagles since 1973, introduced a live eagle to matchdays in 2010.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tests revealed she had anemia, so she received a blood transfusion from another eagle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cluny’s long tail swished restlessly, the single eye stared at a carved eagle holding the rotting lectern on its outspread wings.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

"To encounter golden eagles daily is the ultimate indicator of the success of the project-gamekeeper partnership."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Conservators say one of its eight golden eagles is missing and so are 10 of its 1,354 diamonds, but its 56 emeralds and central globe survived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In mid-July, Jackie was found weak, disheveled and unable to fly on the north shore of the lake after a scuffle with two younger eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

She was taken aback when the second or third question was about how she viewed the eagles — and not, say, how she intended to manage the forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The gorgons had disabled the giant eagles and now flew unchallenged over the giant’s remaining centaurs and the Earthborn, trying to rally them.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Lee birdied seven of the first 15 holes and eagled the par-five 17th before a closing bogey at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

After bogeying the first hole, Phillips birdied the second, eagled the third and birdied the fourth to vault to the top of the leaderboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

After bogeys on the 12th and 13th, Griffin eagled the 15th and birdied the 16th to move to within a stroke of Scheffler.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025

“When I eagled 15, I thought if I can run the table, that would be 59,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

Up the lanes he sent his bursting spirits flying in shrill whistlings and gay hummings; slashed stones with his stick; struck across the fields and took gates and stiles in great spread- eagled vaults.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

The Englishman shot 9-under 62 after eagling the par-4 15th hole and making eight birdies to go with a sole bogey on Saturday at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022

After that went away, she parred the dangerous 12th before eagling No. 13 to start her torrid finish to top Arkansas’ Maria Fassi.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2019

He had a bogey-free round, opening with a birdie on the par-5 first, eagling the par-5 seventh and adding birdies on the par-4 ninth and 16th.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2017

Senior Open in commanding fashion on Friday, eagling the par-five 14th on the way to a record five-shot lead after the second round at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Nebraska.

From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2013

If not un-Englishing America in mind And heart forever, vain the shrieks Of Freedom, eagling back to dawn's first streaks.

From Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Edward Doyle


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