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[goos] / gus /




























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The meat has been described as tasting like a cross between kipper and steak or "salty goose" and, less flatteringly, as "rotten leather and fishy beef", external.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

While the next men’s World Cup, FIFA’s biggest golden goose, is still four years away, the consequences of a European boycott would have been felt immediately.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

So many market timers started using the moving average that they killed the goose that lays the golden egg.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Rawlence explained that although waterfowl fossils are abundant at St Bathans, goose remains are much less common.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

By this time, Gandy was sure that his little goose world was coming to an end, and he was very unhappy about it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Eddie Jones has revealed an interesting method he uses to coach his Japan side - watching videos of geese fly in formation.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

During 26 trophy-laden years at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson would often stop training and tell his players to look to the sky and observe the geese overhead.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Today, producers are concentrated in the eastern provinces of Shandong and Anhui, where farmers churn out thousands of tons of foie gras by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

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

She explained that a flock of geese had flown over the bay and regaled the coastal birds with the amazing story of the wild robot and her son, the goose.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

But I dug how Cretton gooses our spidey senses with dramatic sound effects.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

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

“But if we get cooler jobs data, cooler inflation data, if we get cooler spending data, that’s what brings rates down dramatically and that gooses stocks higher. That’s kind of what we saw this week.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 1, 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

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

Cycling, like other endurance sports, has undergone a revolution in carb-taking, a trend that also goosed mind-bending breakthroughs like the recent sub 2-hour marathons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

After several months waiting on a review from Los Angeles County Building and Safety, she said she goosed the process along by sitting in the county office on Woodbury Avenue during her lunch breaks.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

"You're totally goosed the next day and then the day after that is a battle as well," said Murray, whose brother Andy finished an Australian Open match last year at 4am.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2024

Still, even if that report is goosed up, just look out the window.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2023

They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

Walters agreed but wanted to revamp it by changing the name, goosing the program’s academic tone and embracing discussions of more personal interest to viewers.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 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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