Example Sentences

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Scientists concluded from DNA research that the flamingos are wild—and settling there largely because of the Everglades’s restoration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Zoo Miami—home to 37 flamingos and zero mockingbirds—also joined the cause.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The Kushner-backed resort, along with another development on nearby Sazan Island, are both planned near a key breeding site for migratory birds -- including hundreds of flamingos.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

The game's setting of the fictional US state of Leonida, inspired by Florida, also gets some nods in the form of flamingos and alligators.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Or it might be birds that caught my attention: pink flamingos or black swans or one-wattled cassowaries, or something smaller, silver diamond doves, Cape glossy starlings, peach-faced lovebirds, Nanday conures, orange-fronted parakeets.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel