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Recent Examples of covey
The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
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Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
And because quail live in coveys, the parasites can spread quickly through wild populations.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2024
Often the best way to proceed is to flush the covey, then hunt up the singles, which will often sit very well for a dog.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Once hatched, the chicks feed on insects, and the family group stays together, forming a covey that will remain together into the fall.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Areas that always produce a covey were lifeless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Sep. 2020
Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
This slower afternoon there were couples strolling, a few runners, a covey of bicycles, a family out for an autumn city walk — kids, parents, an older woman moving carefully using a walker.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2021
Soon the covey moved on, and the quail whispers faded with them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
And because quail live in coveys, the parasites can spread quickly through wild populations.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2024
Often the best way to proceed is to flush the covey, then hunt up the singles, which will often sit very well for a dog.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Once hatched, the chicks feed on insects, and the family group stays together, forming a covey that will remain together into the fall.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Areas that always produce a covey were lifeless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Sep. 2020
Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
This slower afternoon there were couples strolling, a few runners, a covey of bicycles, a family out for an autumn city walk — kids, parents, an older woman moving carefully using a walker.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2021
Soon the covey moved on, and the quail whispers faded with them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for covey
Noun
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Except for Carmen, who seems to have been encouraged to inhabit her parents’ rather chaotic world, the children are indistinguishable: A great swarm of pandemonium-causing rich children.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Although a single penguin is capable of devouring thousands of krill in a single sitting, swarms of the zooplankton may detect disturbances in the water ahead of mealtime.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead the school’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, is married to a US citizen and had a green card.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump's largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school's academic freedom.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dodging a gaggle of high-heeled hostesses with a prerequisite champagne jeroboam, I was escorted to a seat behind the DJ booth.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
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Trump, who has always been a master of branding, has also found a way of creating his own moments, holding near-daily gaggles with reporters in the Oval Office.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After all, the filmmaker is Portuguese and there’s a brutal history between his native country and Mozambique, a colony of Portugal until 1975, a country whose official language remains that of its former imperial overseers.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Other successes include the establishment of an assurance colony of Chrisangi leaf insects to prevent extinction of the species, along with fawns from Malayan sambar deer, barasinghas and hog deer.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The collection, which can be purchased separately or as a travel kit packaged in a pod for $480, is available at spoiledchild.com.—
Alfredo Mineo,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Dave, 33, and Lauren, 32, met in the pods on season 8 of the Netflix reality series after Dave proposed to Lauren, sight unseen.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Relish plump, stuffed sandwiches known as cemitas and snag a table at Santóua Cholula to try mole poblano, made from chilies and chocolate.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Available in 38 hues that account for an impressive range of skin tones and undertones, the concealer hydrates, plumps, and brightens the undereye area with skin-loving ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, peptides, and caffeine.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Covey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covey. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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