goose
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Rawlence explained that although waterfowl fossils are abundant at St Bathans, goose remains are much less common.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
As Vienna grapples with smashed record after smashed record for tourist numbers, a plan to more than double its visitors' tax has worried hotel owners fearful of killing the Austrian capital's golden goose.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The lawyers point to the use of cartoon animals by convenience stores since at least the 1930s: Sinclair Oil has a dinosaur, Stinker Stores a skunk, Esso a tiger and Wawa a goose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
And finally, they look at the latest PowerPoint from SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and try to understand if a goose has value and if eggs can lay more eggs.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
“Measuring spoons, castor oil—blech!—a large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, moldy apples, goose fat, rinds of cheese...”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He added that the giant flightless Cnemiornis geese provide another remarkable example of how quickly island species can change.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then there's wildlife: a recent European study found Arctic migratory geese flew away from their sleeping sites in response to New Year's Eve fireworks and never returned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
His parents were doctors with a hobby farm with horses, guinea hens, geese, a cow and a pig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Birds, including curlews and geese also use the reservoir and there are fears that their habitat has also been disturbed.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
“The geese offered parenting advice. The beavers showed me how to build a home. The deer gave me gardening lessons. Each of our friends helped us in their own way.”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Presprouting gooses corms into an even earlier bloom.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
The experimental vaccine takes an entirely different approach: It gooses the body's preexisting supply of pathogen-gobbling immune cells called macrophages, which engulf and digest bacteria, fungi and other bad actors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
Directing with some flair, he employs a zigzagging timeline that gooses Matt Greenhalgh’s otherwise downbeat screenplay.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2017
But even as UnReal gooses the depravity of a show like The Bachelor for effect, it can’t squash its stickiness.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2015
Them Canadians are keen on putting benches up and throwing pathways down so’s you could sit and keep a eye on the water and the ducks and gooses.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Everybody knew that Sallinger was goosed on first, or second, viewing.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Meanwhile Nathan Johnson’s score of scratchy cellos and foreboding horns pairs well with a dramatic burst of organ music — one of many goofy-great jump scares goosed up by the editor Bob Ducsay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Still, even if that report is goosed up, just look out the window.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Some of the biggest coronavirus-era distortions in Americans’ buying habits — like the car-buying boom that goosed inflation and ravaged supply chains — also started to normalize.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
The bed sagged, the TV picture jumped as if it were being mercilessly goosed by an electronic component, and my door didn’t lock.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Lower rates would relax the pressure on the economy and financial system, while also goosing prices for investments.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
He’s gripped by the mechanics of how the divers pulled it off, a feat that needs very little goosing from the composer Benjamin Wallfisch’s rattling cymbals to play like a thriller.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Parton gives the hoary tune new life by flipping the gender of Rodgers’ lyric — she’s a “lady muleskinner” — and by goosing it with a hurtling rock-and-soul rhythm track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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