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Noun
  • The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
  • The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Noun
  • Opponents argue the laws sanction discrimination and the exclusion of a vulnerable minority group and that rhetoric produced in these debates can stigmatize the transgender community.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 May 2025
  • Nuclear Talks to Resume Despite heightened rhetoric, both Washington and Tehran have agreed to continue negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • That hotspot in the upper troposphere is an area of amplified warming resulting partly from water vapor feedbacks, as moist, hot air steams off the tropical oceans.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
  • Drying mode blows 167-degree-Fahrenheit hot air at the carpet and shows you the percentage of dryness.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 5 May 2025
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“Cockalorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockalorum. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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