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Recent Examples of cheep
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Once laid, some eggs are sent away for incubation and replaced by smart fakes, which wiggle and cheep so that the mother is primed for her hatchling’s return.—The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019 The ducklings are safe and sound, though, after what seemed like an eternity huddled in terror and cheeping piteously at the drain’s bottom as the humans fought to open a manhole cover.—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 26 May 2017
With flowers blooming and birds chirping, war feels distant, although the closest front line is a short drive away.
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Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Apr. 2025
The clip follows with a series of shots filmed inside the cave – a world first – as chicks chirp for their moms and dads, and would-be parents wander around looking for love.
But their eggs and hatchlings can get crushed by tractors; they’re also being eaten by foxes, crows and sheep.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
The occasional caw of a crow, the chickadee-dee-dee of a chickadee, the big song of the little Carolina wren that now stays on our Pennsylvania farm all winter.
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.
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Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
The young seals’ vocalizations are variable, sometimes shorter, other times longer, sometimes a warble, sometimes a wail, other times a squawk or monkey-like screeching.
Berry Fizz At Mission Ceviche in Union Square and Upper East Side, a strawberry and cherry blend with lemon, topped with rose bubbly with a rim of dehydrated berries, sugar and peep.
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Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles.
Chickens run and cluck around the Bennet home; the family’s clothes look worn, at times even dirty; the houses are cluttered, the people messy, their interactions chaotic.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
On their 33 acres, the clucks and crows from their flock of 60 chickens and two turkeys is constant.
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Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2025
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