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fowl

[foul] / faʊl /


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Gussalli Beretta describes himself as a keen Americanophile with a particular fondness for hunting U.S. fowl.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

Either way, consumer advocates and other experts note that many retailers will run promotions on the fowl favorite when the holiday approaches as a way to get shoppers in the door.

From MarketWatch Nov. 14, 2025

Everyone everywhere — every culture in the world — loves perfectly seasoned, expertly cooked, just cool enough to pop in your mouth, audibly crunchy morsels of fried meat, fish, fowl or vegetables.

From Salon Apr. 1, 2025

Going back centuries, local Buganda cultural superstition also protected the elegant fowl, which was seen as a symbol of wealth, good fortune and longevity.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2025

They are subject to all the sicknesses of other fowl, together with some they have invented.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Various dressings are also layered inside the fowls.

From Fox News Nov. 20, 2018

Today, starlings are viewed as the foulest of the fowls, but it wasn’t always this way.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2016

Expect 1980s carton environments and side-scrolling shooting and racing mechanics to replace the previous sling-shot type battles between the pigs and fowls, except now its Autobirds versus Deceptihogs.

From Washington Times Sep. 29, 2014

Another time, the group released a flock of turkeys dressed up like Milošević’s wife in a busy shopping district, leading the authorities to chase the fowls all over the neighborhood.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2014

Everything was still, and far-away noises seemed near and clear: fowls chattering in a yard, someone closing a door of a distant house.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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