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turkey

[tur-kee] / ˈtɜr ki /


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Ferndale Market’s whole turkey is another unexpectedly summery option.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

You can slow cook a 20-pound turkey waiting for NBA replay to resolve a contested out-of-bounds play.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

I’d also feel temperamental if Saturday Night Live made a meal out of jokes about my turkey neck week after week.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

The chain was among the first to spot the meat-free trend and introduced plant-based burgers and the charbroiled turkey burger.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Shirley spent the weekend after Thanksgiving writing a ten-page letter to her cousins in Chinese describing her debut onstage as a turkey.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

This past winter, the disease largely passed over large egg-laying hen farms that can house millions of birds in a single location, but still led to the death of millions of turkeys.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Cameras have tagged humans as bears and turkeys.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

The bird flu outbreak is ongoing and has led to the culling of millions of birds, mostly turkeys, over the past few months.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

"There'd be flocks of up to 1,000 turkeys go down to London," she says.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

We'll go and see and then look at the turkeys.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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