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Rushdie stood to say hello, and Rickman commented that there should be a collective noun for their table.
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
Duranies — the enduring collective noun for Duran Duran fans — had hoped for an on-stage reunion with Taylor and his former bandmates, the first in 17 years.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2023
Siegfried & Roy’s streak—one collective noun for a group of tigers; another is ambush—began in 1983 with the acquisition of three white cubs, imported from India via the Cincinnati Zoo.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
There is even a funny but mean collective noun for them: a consternation of mothers-in-law.
—Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 4 May 2022
So what’s the correct collective noun for butterflies?
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022
That means the tower's unkindness of ravens — the birds' suitably gothic collective noun — is down to seven, so perilously close to the minimum.
—NBC News, 14 Jan. 2021
What's the collective noun for a bunch of poets laureate in one place together?
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2020
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
Duranies — the enduring collective noun for Duran Duran fans — had hoped for an on-stage reunion with Taylor and his former bandmates, the first in 17 years.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2023
Siegfried & Roy’s streak—one collective noun for a group of tigers; another is ambush—began in 1983 with the acquisition of three white cubs, imported from India via the Cincinnati Zoo.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
There is even a funny but mean collective noun for them: a consternation of mothers-in-law.
—Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 4 May 2022
So what’s the correct collective noun for butterflies?
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022
That means the tower's unkindness of ravens — the birds' suitably gothic collective noun — is down to seven, so perilously close to the minimum.
—NBC News, 14 Jan. 2021
What's the collective noun for a bunch of poets laureate in one place together?
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2020
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