rooster
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Wacky animal sidekicks once felt vibrant in a holistic world of artifice; here, a goggle-eyed rooster just looks diseased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Occasionally, experiments fail, like when the team tried piping in a less-than-convincing recording of a rooster over loud speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
While he speaks to me from his home in Sierra Leone, a rooster crows in the background, punctuating his sentences like a barnyard hype man.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2025
The stranger held it careless, as if it weighed no more than a rooster, though even to a horse it would of been heavy as lead.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Nearby were soft-toy footballers resembling Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, fluffy roosters in France polos and teddy bears in Spain kits.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The gate is adorned with a sculpted round medallion of Oseguera’s trademark, two roosters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“We were listening to the roosters crowing at 5 in the morning here,” said Marks during a video call from Hawaii on Wednesday after the 76th Emmy Award nominations were announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
"Once those roosters and hens go down, you have no vaccine."
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
From the rear of the building cocks screeched furiously, their cries mingling with the roar of the avenue, their cries interrupted every so often by the lilting qui-qui-ri-quí of the roosters they once were.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
