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turkey

[tur-kee] / ˈtɜr ki /


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Other discoveries include glass beads, stone tools, nails, and animal bones from meals that included turtle, freshwater fish, and turkey.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The well-known food brand rose to prominence in the 1960s when Bernard Matthews entered the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest turkey farmer in Europe.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Thanksgiving always has produced an interesting dynamic with five tall, energetic kids circling for a turkey leg.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

I could eat a turkey sandwich every day of my life.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

A bite of turkey with mashed potato and gravy and dressing.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

In 2007, Niman and Hahn Niman started BN Ranch, specializing in organic, grass-fed beef and heritage turkeys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

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

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

Long before Christmas turkeys arrived shrink-wrapped in the shops, they walked to market on their own two feet.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

“Are you aware that each year forty-five million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving? Not to mention the twenty-two million at Christmas.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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