ducks
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Over the last week, the San Diego Humane Society has removed 446 cats, 30 dogs and dozens of other animals, including goats, alpacas, pigs, ducks, donkeys, geese and chickens from the property in Julian.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
He makes a plea to the government: "Just take action. Speak out. Get us out. It seems to me we're sitting here like sitting ducks."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Moving clockwise from the lower right, our eye takes in the ducks, the cattle, the human trio, the driver, the hayricks and the harvesters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
I don’t recall much about your uncle Ezekiel, but I did love those ducks, too.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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