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Everywhere here seems just pastorally perfect, right down to the clouds of bright-blue butterflies and the lines of fluffy ducklings paddling down the river.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Imagine the classic tale The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen — only, in this version, the ugly duckling doesn’t mature into a beautiful swan.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Chicken and ducklings was one dinner that required no negotiations with the tiny tyrants at her table.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Automation is the ugly duckling of Honeywell’s three soon-to-be separate companies.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Imagine the classic tale The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen — only, in this version, the ugly duckling doesn’t mature into a beautiful swan.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Chicken and ducklings was one dinner that required no negotiations with the tiny tyrants at her table.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Automation is the ugly duckling of Honeywell’s three soon-to-be separate companies.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Duckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duckling. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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duckling
noun
duck·ling
ˈdək-liŋ 
: a young duck
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