feather
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The specimen therefore captures more than just feather evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now, two years later, Harry Styles walks onto that same floor in pearls and a feather boa, singing about tenderness and change and wanting.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Another feather in the cap for value is that, while growth stocks generally lead during periods of slowing or scarce profit, profits are now generally picking up and broadening out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The most recent feather in Gen. Munir’s cap is the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, which Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Inspecting his feather tips, he let out a contented sigh.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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“There’s a time for a bird to change his feathers, and it’s with the times,” he said on CNBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Every day when I open the shop there are feathers everywhere. People get stressed about it but where are they going to go?"
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Inside the coprolite, scientists identified several feathers, tiny scales from a gar fish, and leg bones belonging to a hesperornithiform bird.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
She smoothed Gelifen’s feathers and stepped closer to Christopher.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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But their third-wicket partnership of 150 was ended when the impressive Cox feathered behind off the left-arm spin of Ali Usman for 73.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Standing in front of his mural, depicting the face of a girl with a feathered headdress, he laments that many artists were victims of the gangs and are now "disappeared."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Among their closest relatives were the dromaeosaurs, a group of feathered dinosaurs known for being relatively small, agile predators.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
I wasn’t a silk feathered hat person, but just for that period of time, I wasn’t a groundling either.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
"Following the un-intentional feathering of both engine propellers, the flight crew failed to identify the problem and take corrective actions despite the Crew Alerting Panel cautions," the report said.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
But Sunday, he used touch when required, floating passes that allowed receivers to run after the catch and feathering balls between levels of defenders.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
He heard the quick, feathering action of the hinges.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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