feather
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The specimen therefore captures more than just feather evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Perhaps it’s being pet in a certain way, combing their fur with a brush or letting them chase a feather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now, two years later, Harry Styles walks onto that same floor in pearls and a feather boa, singing about tenderness and change and wanting.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"Simon measured the length of their fourth feather, which tells their age, and from the colour of their feathers, if they are spotty they are females and the non-spotty ones are males," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
There were pieces that looked as if they belonged in the Middle Ages, dresses covered in lace and golden thread, feather boas, jackets covered in stripes, canes with metal heads, robes fit for Merlin himself.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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“HOPE is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all,” John Owen Lowe shared in an Instagram Stories post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The eye-catching monal - the male has distinctive green, blue and copper feathers - is the state bird of India's Uttarakhand state and the national bird of Nepal, reflecting its cultural significance across the Himalayas.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The explosive and heart-wrenching tell-all, released this week, has reportedly ruffled feathers inside Buckingham Palace, and its not hard to imagine why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the clips Tarin uses, Coyote looks longingly at one of Road Runner’s feathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
I crawled back along the ledge, trying not to look at the poor dead bird, its feathers blowing in the wind.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Donald Trump could become a lame duck president after US midterm elections but prospects at the ballot box are looking brighter for ducks of the feathered variety.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Meanwhile Queen Camilla also dressed in tartan, paired with the emerald green jacket and feathered hat she wore to a Sunday service at Crathie Kirk last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Looking back at photos from the era, with their feathered hair and cutoff jeans, is more than an exercise in nostalgia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
I closed the cover and fingered one of the rounded corners, feathered and frayed from overuse.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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He’s too busy feathering his own nest while laughing off any pretense of ethical behavior.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Pull that off consistently — and, even more challenging, using just front or just rear brakes — and you’ve found the sweet spot for feathering your brakes as you whip down a trail.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022
These furrows, he saw out of the corner of his eye, were caused by a difference in the feathering.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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