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One of those ordinary people is a drunk old coot named Tomas, who offers a ride and shelter to Elena and Zubak in the midst of a 9 p.m. curfew and intensifying search to find them and bring them to justice.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
The wetland attracts birds, such as coots and tricolored blackbirds, and also recharges the aquifer that the roots of cottonwoods and willows tap into.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
Jamie Smart, aged eight, was recognized for his striking image of a pheasant sitting on a farm gate beside blossoming blackthorn in spring, while 17-year-old Max Wood won the overall young photographer title with his photo of a coot running across a misty lake in Surrey, UK.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Unable to obtain carcasses of Eurasian coot or teal, the researchers used the wing bones of two female mallard ducks.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
The wetland attracts birds, such as coots and tricolored blackbirds, and also recharges the aquifer that the roots of cottonwoods and willows tap into.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
Jamie Smart, aged eight, was recognized for his striking image of a pheasant sitting on a farm gate beside blossoming blackthorn in spring, while 17-year-old Max Wood won the overall young photographer title with his photo of a coot running across a misty lake in Surrey, UK.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Unable to obtain carcasses of Eurasian coot or teal, the researchers used the wing bones of two female mallard ducks.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Coot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coot. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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