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Noun
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Starting about the time hardwood trees sprout buds and baby foliage (or shortly after ice out in the North), crappies gather near the mouths of creeks, shallow bays, manmade canals, and marinas.—
Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
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The resulting structure has the same rhythm of bays, and the same mix of solid and transparent surfaces as the original, while still being updated for today’s regulatory and environmental demands.— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
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Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.— Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
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But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
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And while humans can often discern animal distress calls or differentiate dog barks, many animal noises may seem inconsequential to the untrained human ear.— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
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One hums with high-speed drills and anxiety; the other echoes with joyful barks and tail wags.— Henry I. Miller, STAT, 28 Jan. 2026
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