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pheasant

[fez-uhnt] / ˈfɛz ənt /




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Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

If you preferred food with legs, there was roast pheasant and, of course, steak.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

And Ernest he was, writing in the morning, hiking the lush seaside overlooks in the afternoon, maybe bagging a pheasant or two with “Two-Gun” Cohen, and entertaining in the evenings at the bar.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

I covered Gov. Walz on his pheasant hunt last fall when he was a vice presidential candidate.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

When she flies, she is still a crossbow in the sky, and she still “waits on” above my head until I kick up a pheasant or a rabbit.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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