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"The traditional finery is ornate and the souvenir cuckoo clocks even more so. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"For example, Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s 6th Symphony simulates a cuckoo with a clarinet, a nightingale with a flute, and a quail with an oboe. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
"Daddy's little girl is all grown up, which makes Martin's George Banks a little cuckoo . \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
"Some, like the common cuckoo , are egg-tossing executioners; others, like the cowbirds that Hauber studies, let their host siblings survive, but still jostle them out of the way to beg, loudly and insistently, for food. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Today, grazing and ranching, dams, and water withdrawal for development pose the greatest threats to the cuckoo . \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 18 Oct. 2021",
"As dawn broke and the rising sun lit the top of the canopy, the cuckoo finally arrived to investigate. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"The cuckoo \u2019s numbers have been shrinking in recent years, but conservation scientists are unsure why. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Jay Qualman is a rare bird in the Detroit jungle: a purebred car cuckoo who nests in the high branches of the automobile business. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 27 Nov. 2020",
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"In the midst of such cuckoo -ness, my son, Isaac, and daughter-in-law, Lennon, had the courage to bring a child into this world. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Generations later, those simple handmade objects evolved further into cuckoo clocks, music boxes and movie projectors. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 12 Jan. 2022",
"After keeping up a cuckoo -bananas schedule through 2020 and 2021, the band will be taking an extended period of rest, Big Hit Music announced on Twitter. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In some areas of the Coronado National Forest, Bugbee has witnessed herds of unbranded cattle wreaking havoc on cuckoo habitat. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"For a weary cuckoo chick, a few extra strength-training sessions might make all the difference between booting its fourth and final nest-mate and having to share its chow. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 Oct. 2021",
"To say the world had gone cuckoo for Christian Dior would not be an overstatement; reports show that by 1949, Dior\u2019s confections for the closet accounted for nearly three-quarters of France\u2019s fashion exports. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 28 Sep. 2021",
"There are several species of cuckoo bees in Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Aug. 2021",
"That is truly cuckoo bananas \u2014 and that is saying something with this show. \u2014 refinery29.com , 4 Aug. 2021"
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"Cooling cucumber and mint against serrano chiles gives a delicious hot-cold sensation. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Muddle cucumber and mint in the bottom of a shaker tin. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 3 June 2021",
"For those who\u2019ve spent too much time in the sun, a cucumber melon Swedish massage at the spa relieves both the skin and stress. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"With sea kelp and cucumber fruit, this balm glides on and provides a cooling effect to calm irritation and prevent chafing. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"Deep-clean your complexion with SkinCeuticals' foam face wash, which is infused with glycerin and cucumber extract. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"Stir and garnish with cucumber slice, lime and cilantro. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Kendall pointed to her cucumber scene as her standout moment, after her unorthodox cutting technique exploded online. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022"
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"Bloom is a Dubliner, a Jew, a husband and father, a racehorse-fancier, a cuckold \u2014an Everyman, though not the kind that every man would wish to be. \u2014 James Campbell, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Affleck, who once upon a time might\u2019ve played one of those rivals, embraces the role of the quietly seething cuckold . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The hackneyed premise about a film-nerd cuckold in need of psychoanalysis distracts from the real-life dilemma of personal betrayal. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
"And also, for some reason, making his rusty BFF Mater a cuckold . \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Tom is also a cuckold : Shiv is cheating on him with her ex Nate (Ashley Zukerman), a floppy-haired political operative. \u2014 Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Even Shakespeare and Chaucer cracked wise about cuckolds , who were often depicted wearing horns. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2016"
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"The scope of Egan\u2019s vision is astoundingly personal even as the stories rove global: awkward Manhattan hook-ups, luxury safari getaways, suburban cuckoldry , desert kids, dictators, music producers. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 25 Nov. 2019",
"The idea that evolution encourages women to engage in cyclical cuckoldry was certainly an intriguing one. \u2014 The Economist , 10 May 2018"
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"Bloom is a Dubliner, a Jew, a husband and father, a racehorse-fancier, a cuckold \u2014an Everyman, though not the kind that every man would wish to be. \u2014 James Campbell, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Affleck, who once upon a time might\u2019ve played one of those rivals, embraces the role of the quietly seething cuckold . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The hackneyed premise about a film-nerd cuckold in need of psychoanalysis distracts from the real-life dilemma of personal betrayal. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
"And also, for some reason, making his rusty BFF Mater a cuckold . \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Tom is also a cuckold : Shiv is cheating on him with her ex Nate (Ashley Zukerman), a floppy-haired political operative. \u2014 Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Even Shakespeare and Chaucer cracked wise about cuckolds , who were often depicted wearing horns. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2016"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115603"
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": the anterior dorsal shield of the cephalothorax in pseudoscorpions and Ricinulei":[]
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"ky\u00fc\u02c8k\u0259l\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130233"
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": a family of birds (order Cuculiformes ) that comprises the cuckoos, including the anis and roadrunners":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152719"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155721"
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"noun"
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": a luminous click beetle ( Pyrophorus noctilucus ) related to the cucubano and having a similar distribution":[]
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"-\u00fc(\u02cc)j\u014d",
"-\u00fc(\u02cc)y\u014d"
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"modification of Spanish cocuyo, cucuyo , from Taino, from cuyo fire":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163908"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Navarro and PADHiA\u2019s cuckoo clock is featured in a new gallery show, Degrees of Separation, which opens June 25th and will run through July 1st at Julien\u2019s in Beverly Hills, California. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2021",
"Heavy as their subject matter can be, a sense of humor is central to the Duel Diagnosis ethos, something perfectly encapsulated by their new cuckoo clock . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2021",
"The two arrive at a level\u2014inside their home\u2019s mechanical cuckoo clock \u2014where Cody gains the ability to turn back time and May gains the ability to duplicate herself. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The first products Amazon is pitching via the program are a smart sticky note printer, a smart nutrition scale, and a smart cuckoo clock . \u2014 Fortune , 18 Feb. 2021",
"The women live in cottages, each more preposterously shaped than its neighbor: a lighthouse, a circus tent, a toadstool, a cuckoo clock . \u2014 Merve Emre, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2020",
"Then there\u2019s the cuckoo clock , which stumped us for a bit with the abundance of numbers and pictures. \u2014 Rachel Yang, EW.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The store is split in half, with two street entrances lending the feeling of a cuckoo clock with two doors and a line along the floor separating day and night, light and dark. \u2014 Andrea Whittle, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 17 Dec. 2019",
"Proving the point, clock fan Fritz eagerly explores John\u2019s range of timepieces, including grandfather clocks, cuckoo clocks , and more. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Sep. 2019"
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"noun"
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"ky\u00fc-\u02c8k\u0259r-b\u0259t"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An even more rapacious cucurbit is found on the opposite fence. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"Sow warm-weather plants like nightshades and cucurbits indoors for transplanting in May. Transplant aster, viola, zinnia, marigold, and delphinium from cold frames to beds. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 16 Mar. 2020",
"In my own little plot, all the cucurbits \u2014 zucchini, winter squash and cucumbers \u2014 have take on an extraordinary vigor. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 July 2019",
"Pre-soaking large seeds like corn, beans and cucurbits may help them germinate more quickly. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 11 June 2019",
"Striped cucumber beetles lay eggs at the base of cucurbit plants and their larvae then feed on the roots of these plants. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2017",
"This includes veggies in the Cucurbitaceae family also called cucurbits or gourds (see gallery of family members below), which contain a class of poisons called cucurbitacins. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 7 Apr. 2018",
"This year marks the 13th annual Great Pumpkin Beer Festival, a Seattle tradition to celebrate autumn\u2019s favorite cucurbit . \u2014 Dan Nosowitz, Smithsonian , 26 Oct. 2017",
"Like all cucurbits , the female melon blossom appears to have a small fruit at the stem end of the bloom; male blossoms, which produce the pollen, do not. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 12 Aug. 2017"
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": a concave shovel for cutting off the tempered clay coming from the pugmill in brickmaking":[]
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"\u02c8k\u0259k\u02cch\u014dld",
"\u02c8k\u0259\u02cck\u014d-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from English dialect cuck muck (alteration of English cack entry 2 ) + English hold , verb":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222639"
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"definitions":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"Middle English cucking stol , literally, defecating chair":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of small flattened elongated beetles (suborder Polyphaga) that live mostly under the bark of trees \u2014 compare saw-toothed grain beetle":[]
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"type":[
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"Medieval Latin cucullatus , from Latin cucullus hood":""
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"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100239"
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"so called from its nest being favored by the cuckoo":""
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