turkeys
- plural of turkey.
Example Sentences
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An avian influenza outbreak had killed tens of millions of chickens and turkeys, and wholesale prices of Midwest large eggs hit $5.36 a dozen in late 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
This past winter, the disease largely passed over large egg-laying hen farms that can house millions of birds in a single location, but still led to the death of millions of turkeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The bird-flu outbreak has resulted in the death of roughly 200 million U.S. chickens, turkeys and egg-laying hens since it began in 2022, according to the Agriculture Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"There'd be flocks of up to 1,000 turkeys go down to London," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
In the long rows of tobacco mounds, children stood in the sun and watched the turkeys eat the hornworm and the devouring beetle off leaves.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
