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crowed

  • past participle
    of crow.
    crow
    noun
    any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
  • past tense form
    of crow.
    crow
    noun
    any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.

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“Of course we’re going to do it at Fort Hood,” Hegseth crowed.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

When Eric Schmidt, speaking last week to the University of Arizona’s graduates, rhapsodized about the coming artificial-intelligence revolution, some in the crowed jeered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

“This property has it all,” the listing crowed.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026

"So much for being isolated," crowed the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets earlier this week.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

In April Ulbrickson had all but crowed to both national wire services that this all-sophomore crew was great—“potentially the greatest crew I have coached,” he’d said, in front of the whole world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown