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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
  • While some may view these new statements as a step toward accountability, others remain skeptical, citing the depth and repeated nature of his past rhetoric.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 May 2025
  • In her public rhetoric, mostly on social media and right-wing media appearances, Lake has veered between promising to restore the networks to their historic mission and pledging to demolish them.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Mexico’s Riviera Maya News agency said a 40-year-old man died in the city of Zacatecas’ First Balloon Festival on Sunday morning when a hot air balloon preparing to carry three passengers broke free of its tether and began to rise.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
  • There's even a whole to-do with Jon Hamm checking in from — wait for it — the inside of a hot air balloon!
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
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“Cockalorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockalorum. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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