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  • We can imagine a Pegasus, a horse with the wings of a bird,

    Crossroads 2009

  • Presidency of George Bush and the appearance on the scene of a very rare bird,

    A Tax Increase for What? 2009

  • So he threw him the six bundles and when he had gotten them into his power he said to Hasan, O gallows bird,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And how Harry was hurrying along a dark corridor in stout little Gregorovitch's wake as he held a lantern aloft: Gregorovitch burst into the room at the end of the passage and his lantern illuminated what looked like a workshop; wood shavings and gold gleamed in the swinging pool of light, and there on the window ledge sat perched, like a giant bird,

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Then he went right on and stood still, and said to the bird,

    Household Tales 2003

  • As the snake dislocated its jaw to enjoy a meal of bug, lizard, and bird,

    Chainer's Torment Mcgough, Scott 2002

  • One day the teacher called on the class to spell a certain kind of bird,

    Chicken 1999

  • Ahead of him, ascending the sky, was a black bird,

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • In her plight now the angel, like a wingless bird,

    Hagoromo 1978

  • Still holding court, still of with someone's bird,

    POEMS BY PHILIP HOBSBAUM, 1966-1972 1972

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