feathers
Example Sentences
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In a study published earlier this year, Dudley and colleagues at Berkeley analyzed feathers from 17 bird species and found alcohol metabolites in 10 of them.
From Science Daily
His ability to ruffle feathers is simply indicative of his desire to speed things up.
And who thought that would be enough feathers for the Carnival costumes?
But the administrator ruffled feathers by pushing out several career DEA officials she viewed as part of a culture that allowed misconduct to flourish.
From Seattle Times
But the Biden appointee quickly ruffled feathers by pushing out several career DEA officials she viewed as part of a cliquish culture that allowed misconduct to flourish.
From Seattle Times
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