rooster
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Serkis, who also provides the voice of Randolph the rooster, says the book made a big impression on him as a child.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In 2018, photographer David Walter Banks captured Santa Monica, Calif.-based Tommy Kendall, a retired champion automobile race-car driver, with his 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, outfitted to look like a giant rooster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The colorful space, dominated by a giant rooster mural and pulsing with salsa, draws inspiration from across Latin America and the Caribbean.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 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
Preening like a rooster, he kept saying things like “I do recollect seein’ thet feller somewheres before.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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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
"Once those roosters and hens go down, you have no vaccine."
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
Heartwood Haven said in its post that Yakima County Animal Control, which was present when the roosters were killed this month, should have known about the group’s rescue efforts and willingness to take them in.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
He said it as if it was unusual for me to be up with the roosters.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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