magpie
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“You can be in a sort of magpie mode where you’re always looking for things to use, and spiriting those things back to your creative process,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
A six-eyed magpie is a good indicator that it’s from another realm and not your average two-eyed terrestrial bird.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025
And then a magpie landed on the miller’s barn and would not be chased away.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
Then, a mischief of magpies began a ruckus, chattering and hopping from branch to branch of a scraggly tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
This is made worse by an independent press that has been decimated and replaced by magpies chirping for attention and any chance to go viral.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026
It has also been observed in certain animals, including chimpanzees, dolphins, and magpies.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
“Tiger With Cubs” depicts a tigress nursing her young under pine trees as magpies heckle them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Three magpies perched in a hawthorn tree took wing as he passed them.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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