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Kalshi has explicit written rules against people trading on events whose outcomes they could influence and recently fined and suspended some congressional candidates for trying to wet their beaks in their own races.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

As their diets diversified, their beaks evolved to match the ecological roles they occupied.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

Many of the beasts have comical attributes: feathered elbows, parrot beaks or sail-like membranes on their heads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Terror birds were top predators - they could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Looming things that move with the current, swinging all together like a flock of ducks set down on a pond, beaks to the wind.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick