peacock
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Once Humane Society officials saw Davis’ video, they called a veterinarian to examine the peacock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Davis and her daughter call the peacock Sugar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
From her perch in New Orleans, she has also reported on natural disasters, the big business of Mardi Gras and her neighborhood peacock, Mr. P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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
Bright shades of blue, emerald, and soft brown, her gown and matching peacock mask had cost as much as a small house.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
For all the talk about horses, the Kentucky Derby has a lot of peacocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case of the missing peacocks and is hoping to track down those responsible and bring the birds home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
Lions were regal and courageous; peacocks were proud; ants were industrious; foxes were cunning.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
Ultimately, “banter” is nothing more than a buzzword, the 2024 answer to the “sapiosexual” craze where online daters peacocked their degrees by designating their sexual preference as “intellectuals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
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
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
Then it was that Robin must have become owner of the peacocked arrow.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
He plays us Soulmate, a funny and affectionate tribute to Amy, powered by a peacocking guitar riff.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
No peacocking and no polyester are among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
It was a novel turn for an artist venerated for his dexterity, his peacocking, his exuberance, his progressivism.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
“We call on Mr. Peltz to end his peacocking so that Disney can focus on its bright future, and not be dragged backward in time,” Jason Aintabi, Blackwells’ chief investment officer, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
He is drily humorous as he shows us some plumaged General peacocking on foot, or swelling with Napoleonic pride as he caracoles by on his horse.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
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