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[feth-er] / ˈfɛð ər /


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True to form, Joe Lycett wore a polka-dot shorts suit with a purple feather collar.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The hesperornithiforms retain primitive feather types that may not have been as efficient for insulation as modern plumaceous feathers, and that could explain why they went extinct along with the enantiornithines," says O'Connor.

From Science Daily ● 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

In it, a woman inside of a hoarder’s garage bobbed a feather toy in front of Likho, who jumped up to catch it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

On the couch, Brie messes with one feather earring.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Some warned him about "cherishing your feathers", a Chinese expression for protecting one's reputation.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

If Emily Dickinson were an Orioles fan, she would say that hope is the thing with orange, black and white feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"As far as I know, no one has ever thought to look for feathers or to study feathers in coprolites, so this project was really exciting," says O'Connor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The owl ruffles its feathers and looks away.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Possible precedents flicker: Maya hieroglyphs, Buddhist mandalas, Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, Bosch, Gauguin, feathered Trinidadian carnival masks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

Standing in front of his mural, depicting the face of a girl with a feathered headdress, he laments that many artists were victims of the gangs and are now "disappeared."

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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

“Oojie-woojie-dodo-woo,” the children crooned to their little feathered friends.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

The pilots had likely put the condition levers, which control power, in the feathering position instead of selecting the flap lever, he explained.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023

Kartye was even out killing penalties, blocking a Philip Broberg wrist shot and then racing up ice and feathering a pass to Cale Fleury off a 2-on-1 break after he’d stepped out of the box.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

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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