peacock

Scenic painter Miriam Hellmann was the skillful hand behind the mural’s final product: an image of a giant, bright orange poppy, a butterfly and a peacock, along with floral and faunal symbols.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

A peacock had to be captured after it terrorised a 92-year-old farmer's chickens.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

As if to underline the point, he wore a medallion around his neck featuring NBC’s peacock logo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

This week, Rausch’s fellow Traitors, Housewives Candiace Dillard Bassett and Lisa Rinna, get to peacock in a massive crown and, for Rinna, a brooch as bewitching as it is deadly.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

Mine is covered with peacock feathers and rhinestones, which is not really my style, but I’ll go with it.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

For all the talk about horses, the Kentucky Derby has a lot of peacocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Sunset runs amid free-roaming peacocks and ghaf trees in a surprisingly rural area behind the skyscrapers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

On the course, elaborate tombs of the city's past rulers poke through tangled trees that are home to peacocks, troops of monkeys and mongooses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

Around 40 peacocks now live in the area, and 15 come to the hotel for food on a daily basis, said Goorwitch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

“What do you know about that! I didn’t suppose they’d ever do a thing like that, friend or no friend. They’re the first family around here, you know. Proud as peacocks, all of ’em.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

In a choreographic sequence during the final seconds of his program, Malinin peacocked to the fans—and judges—with the kind of daring maneuver that’s more common on snow than ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Charles’s coronation was a full-color spectacle, showing off the peacocked glory of British tradition and the bells and whistles of 21st-century TV.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2023

Stone-faced men in suits with badges pinned to their belts peacocked around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

Nothing about the way that pair peacocked their way around Augusta National Golf Club during Saturday’s third round indicated they have any intention of allowing those behind them in on their personal tournament.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2018

He let his blue eyes rest upon them calmly as they peacocked across to St. George's Hospital, still laughing, and evidently discussing him.

From The Green Carnation by Robert Smythe Hichens

No peacocking and no polyester are among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

"So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

The cast is uniformly excellent, including the peacocking Washington, chewing the scenery, and the soulful Mescal, looking like the statue of David come to life in fierce, brutal form.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

There is a boastfulness and peacocking at times.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023

For Charlotte had come in with a platter, and Nan turned about, peacocking before her unsurprised gaze.

From Old Crow by Alice Brown