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His mother, Maisie, a 30-year-old primary school teacher from Cranleigh in Surrey, said it was 50/50 whether her son would survive, but the procedure was successful and he was now a "really chirpy little boy".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
In a melodic, chirpy voice, speaking in unaccented American English and calling herself Orphan Ann, D’Aquino did done hundreds of broadcasts for a news and music show called “Zero Hour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
The official trailer for the sequel shows the chirpy red-capped Italian plumber cavorting with his friends and nemeses in a colourful intergalactic universe.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
When I get Arbuckle on the phone, he is giving his stepdaughter a bath and I can hear her chirpy voice in the background over the running water.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
A few more kids arrived-an Asian-American girl who looked about eight, a redheaded girl around my age, a tiny dark-skinned boy with a chirpy voice, a scary-pale teen girl with a nose ring.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
The lovelier the photo, the chirpier the caption, the louder the scream.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2018
Shelby Smith has chosen a chirpier path: crickets.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2018
At a rack filled with the basketed two-wheelers, I eased into a saddle and rang the tinkly bell — chirpier than the Champ’s horn.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2016
Picture the scene, a Neville family meal: Phil baked brown by the Spanish sun; Gary chirpier than usual after another England victory.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2015
Rani sounds chirpier than I've ever heard before.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
At 22, the former Billy Elliot and sometime Game of Thrones actor is the youngest and chirpiest of the cast – and the one least versed in the war before the shoot began.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2020
The harsh, surreal environment can do funny things to the chirpiest person’s moods, and the best thing to do is to accept it.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2014
The chirpiest soldier in the whole outfit was Signalling Sergeant Calder, who was one of the shortest men in the regiment.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister
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