peck

So I sit down and try to peck out a few words, a few thoughts on a couple ideas I have.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

The girl turned away before he could give her a peck on the head.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

Baby birds, for example, will see the red area on the mother's beak and peck at it.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

Around him in the fenced-in yard, four goats bleat and 18 turkeys and more than 20 chickens peck at the grass.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

“I stuck the paper in the typewriter. I helped her peck it out.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Back in Beadnell, on the kind of grey blustery day when the rain pecks at your face, the Craster Arms has a steady stream of windbent visitors.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

While some of the pecks are small, he said, “in the most extreme cases, the largest wounds can cover a big portion of the calves’ back and can be one meter long or even bigger.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Every time the feisty bird's beak makes contact with the hard surface — at up to 20 pecks per second — the impact vibrates throughout its head and neck.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022

Fremaux typically meets all filmmakers and casts on the top of the Palais steps with the standard European greeting of pecks on each cheek.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021

“And you and me’s going to fry up a couple pecks of potatoes to go with the fish. There won’t be nothing to it. I peeled the potatoes this morning before you two was up.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Arkansas pecked out a deal with Arkansas-based Tyson Foods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But surely some American women can relate to feeling pecked or prodded, and pushed aside when they reach middle age.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

Sometimes, the crows displayed their dislike of four by refusing to utter a sound; instead, they simply pecked at the screen to end the trial.

From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024

But it does need to survive being pecked by a bird or chewed by other small animals.

From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 23, 2024

In the dream, an eagle pecked at his heart while he sat there watching it.

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

In the Olympic hospitality pecking order, the premium lounges beat the leisure lounges and the hospitality pavilions, which provide shared havens for followers of multiple sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Perhaps the Chargers’ first preseason game — and who plays first, most or not at all during it — will indicate a pecking order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Grace Scrivens was touted as a future England batter for a few years but seems to have fallen down the pecking order, while Charis Pavely and Ella McCaughan are the other potential in-form youngsters.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

“We keep pecking, pecking, pecking at them, and I start to see light at the end of the tunnel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Héctor toddled out, stepped out of his diaper, and aimed his pee in a wide arc toward the chickens pecking at worms near the acerola tree.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago