magpie
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The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
In November 2024, Louise Gather travelled from her home in Derby to Bradgate Park, Leicester in search of magpie inkcaps - a rare kind of fungus.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
In contrast, the magpie was positioned over the cat and represented the common folk, cheekily flipping the hierarchy of the day.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025
It’s a magpie movie that’s happy to give audiences the tinselly things they want — i.e., two robots clobbering the Wi-Fi out of each other.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
Gardner possessed a keen, logical mind as well as—by his own description—"a sort of magpie attitude to facts, the habit of storing things away that did not seem to have any connection at all."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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