geese
Americannoun
noun
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A Smithsonian Institution lab found that a flock of Brant and Canada geese “impacted” the rotor blades and the horizontal stabilizer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
US Airways Flight 1549 came down in the Hudson River on 15 January 2009, after both its engines were disabled in a collision with a flock of geese shortly after take-off.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
To investigate further, the team re examined every fossil bone previously identified as belonging to geese.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then there's wildlife: a recent European study found Arctic migratory geese flew away from their sleeping sites in response to New Year's Eve fireworks and never returned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
The geese peered through window after window, looking for Roz, but there were too many windows to check them all.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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