| 单词 | peck |
| 例句 | I started out the door, turned around, bent over, gave Gay a peck on the cheek, and rushed from the room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Peaches kind of dried up on me in this heat,” said Pilate, and she reached for a peck basket which held about a half dozen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stark and silent, lay the Martians,” Pierson says, "with the hungry birds pecking and tearing brown shreds of flesh from their dead bodies.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I slunk around the car and planted a tight-lipped peck on her cheek. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was a plump one, speckled brown, busily pecking at a crust that had fallen between two cobblestones, but when Arya's shadow touched it, it took to the air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A couple of pigeons were pecking between the stones. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “There appeared to be no ‘pecking order,’ nobody really in command—not even Stan Livingston, the pioneer member of the crew and undoubtedly the most experienced operator,” she recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She pecked and kicked and beat her wings against the fish until he surrendered to the murky depths of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A sparrow hop about in the middle of the road pecking at dirt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z "You fight like a goose. He pecks you and you peck him harder. Pany! Block the blow. Goose fighting will not suffice. If those were real swords, the first peck would take your arm off!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If chickens are pecking at each other in cages, the industry doesn’t let them out of their cages. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She let Biddy give her corn and water, but hiss and peck when Biddy go to pet her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pecked violently at the Sleeper’s coils until they shuddered, loosening just enough to let Aru grab the golden ball from her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Nothing moved except some buzzards on the side of the road, pecking over an unrecognizable carcass. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I gave her a peck on the cheek and headed for the crash zone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was like trying to wrap a loose peck of potatoes into a neat four-cornered package. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He chased mice, tried to pounce on them, swept them away with his wings, even caught a few and pecked them sharply, as though to warn them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The place where the crow had pecked him was still burning, but there was nothing there, no blood, no wound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She held it open for him, leaning up to peck his lips. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A couple of pigeons were pecking at bits of squashed fruit on the ground. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He swatted at the gryphons, but they squawked in outrage and began pecking at his legs and hands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was like watching an old street pigeon pecking the crust of a sardine sandwich the cats left behind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Two goats and a few chickens sauntered around, nibbling and pecking at drying stems of grass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Never a big pull or yank, just his fingertips touching and grazing and peck- pecking away, like some little bird. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong woke up to a chicken pecking his foot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z If they want to, they shouldn’t waste their time trying to peck one out accidentally but should instead evolve into something that has a better chance of writing Hamlet. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I point to one lone gull pecking the ground. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He pecked Miss Marva Hendrix on the forehead, and Fern said, “Ew. Mushy and gushy.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In Lawrence’s flat- management paradigm, there would be no titles among rhe scientists at Livermore, no pecking order among the PhDs on the laboratory floor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It splashes in the water and then pecks around the opposite bank, strutting like a man. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then he pecked at the ground while walking in a small circle. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I remember that she was always fluttering like a big, white bird—around my father, and he too heavy and tired to escape her pecking. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They jostled each other and pecked at heads in hungry irritation. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The pigeon kept its head tucked and didn’t respond, so Miss Peregrine pecked it again, harder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And the one on the pigeons, trained to peck a button that made a grain of corn appear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he found two seagulls near his head, pecking fish chunks from the vomit he had thrown up in the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z So far, she likes to chase bugs and peck at everything except me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A family name alone was enough to place someone in the pecking order. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That nestling had opened his beak so wide he could have swallowed the very egg he’d pecked his way out of. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I could practically see the birds of sadness pecking at his head, but Phoebe was busy swatting at her own birds. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Every last one survived, and they neither pecked nor harried her when the thaw was complete, but simply walked out her front door into the sunshine the next day. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The raven pecked at the kernels in the Old Bear's palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He descended on them, muttering, pecking their hair, and peering into their ears. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And another of them mistook Mary Poppins’s new hat for a rose garden and pecked off a flower. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He recognized the birds—one in each cage—they were the same kind as the one he’d seen pecking around on the front porch, the one wearing blue feathers like a cape and mask. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I know I should be embarrassed, but they're so unlike people that I'm no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was just a quick peck, but I felt my face turn red. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Just as Lucas was suggesting that we go check out the live snake exhibit, I saw Ada Taylor walk up to the Quit Man and give him a peck on the cheek. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The sparrow scratched hard at Matthias’s neck and pecked at the back of his head, forcing it down to the floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Half a dozen crows were pecking around her potatoes and winter vegetables. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Some looked like pigeons and others were big and black, strutting around like tough dudes, pecking at the dead bodies of other birds, which was the nastiest thing ever. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She saw mourning doves peck at carrion on her doorstep and visited the botanicas for untried potions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Boo flew through the gap of the portal, pecking at the line of light as if he were zipping it back up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z While the pigeon pecked at nacho pieces, Palmer sat on the bed to think the whole thing through. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The raven did its best to peck through his palm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You ought to have sent word, or told me this morning, and you ought to have remembered how busy I was,” continued Meg petulantly, for even turtledoves will peck when ruffled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And she had leaned across and kissed him, kissed the man with the short blond hair, and it was not a friendly peck, but a kiss. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Miss Peregrine pecked it on the head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And, the next day, when two huge ravens landed upon the scraeling’s corpse, one on each shoulder, and commenced to peck at its cheeks and eyes, the men knew their sacrifice had been accepted. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Miss Peregrine slipped quietly from Bronwyn’s coat and hopped over to the pigeon, who was waddling around at the end of its lead, pecking at the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Only it wasn’t a dream, for his room was filled with daylight pouring under the raised shade, and there was Nipper, pecking at the pane. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He awoke to Nipper pecking at his ear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I pecked his cheek and he slipped a piece of hard candy into my hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while the pigeon pecked eagerly at the seeds in his hand, Bo carefully carried it to the emergency exit. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He pecked at her silver cross, hopped onto her head, gazed at her with the old, curious, questing expression of bird intelligence. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t pay me no never mind. I fuss and peck like a cranky old hen.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When I offered it a bit of dorado, it pecked it out of my hand, jabbing the palm. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was proud he wasn’t lazy like his own daddy, who spent the summer days on his porch swatting flies and even had him a pet hen to peck up the dead ones. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The mother sparrow pecked him sharply upon his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They all attacked at the same time, their crazy little beaks pecking at the bread and each other, darting in and then backing away and then darting in again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was out in the front yard, pulling up dandelions for the chickens to peck at, so I waved. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Gibbs leaned over and gave Ms. Kathy a peck on the lips. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She comes down the patio and gives Vic a little peck on the cheek, whispering as she does, "I've told them he's been playing tennis with you." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Trunktap hopped over to a crusty old pine tree and pecked a few deep holes in the bark. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Trey smiles as he sneaks a quick peck to her lips. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The dodo bird pecked affectionately at the god’s hooves, making a strange sound in the back of its bill. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He gave her a quick embarrassed peck and then forced her beside him again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But the image of a baboon pulling a lever for food is not all that dissimilar from a person obsessively pecking at their phone waiting for the next email to appear. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He whirled... ... and woke with a raven pecking at his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sun sparked iridescence from their purple necks as they pecked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Boo dove into the crowd, pecking the demon’s eyes until the asura screeched and teetered backward. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Shadow became aware of eyes on him: a handful of red cardinals stared at him from a skeletal elder bush, then returned to pecking at the clusters of black elderberries. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “And that was my first kiss. A little peck in a dark corner of a bustling train station.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I slip in one last peck, and then she sits up properly, although her gloved hand still rests against my jacketed waist. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Pita was pressed against the wall, shivering, while a lechuza pecked gently at her head, as if it were picking nits out of her hair. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If I was those birds, I would’ve pecked his eyes out! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A gull is pecking at the dirt, scouting for leftover graham cracker crumbs. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a peck on the head and said, “Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The pigeons pecked uselessly at their empty eye sockets and flew through their rib cages, but the stallions kept right on running. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I was particularly impressed with this young woman because those white male typists had only used two slow-moving fingers to peck out their letters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave the man a little peck through his shirt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There were still prairie chickens around in those days, and they were pecking dirt. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Several fat brown chickens were pecking their way around the yard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And she grabbed her purse and her keys, gave me a peck on the forehead, and left me at the table with my social studies homework. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Warbeak pecked and scratched frantically, her target obscured by the bulky haversack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Only the raven stood eyeing him, its beak outstretched as if to peck the vanished staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Put ten people in a room and a pecking order soon emerges. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sunny pecked me quick on the knot above my eye and disappeared into the elevator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “That’s not good. Not good at all,” said Boo, anxiously pecking at the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The bird had raised one wing and pecked fastidiously at its feathers beneath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Or leftover macaroni,” Dad grumbled, and I heard his fork peck at his plate like the turkeys pecking at feed in their tin bowls. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The birds swarmed around it, pecking and clawing at the fighter’s hands as he tried to hold up the net, but Clarisse just gritted her teeth and kept driving. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he jumped down, walked over to Mrs. Popper, and began to peck her ankle. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Goldilocks wandered the floor, pecking at kernels from her spilled bucket of feed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The seagulls began pecking at his arms and legs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was just a peck, but no one’s kissed me since Phil and I said goodbye. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Kim has tied its legs together, but it struggles and tries to peck at Ma’s hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny gray birds poked around their feet for crumbs and pecked at a paper wrapper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the pecking order, the Irish “social athletic clubs” were in a class by themselves, wielding a level of power that other gangs could only dream of. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It pecked three times on the white staff Nemmerle leaned on, and the old wizard ceased his muttering, and smiled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He is trying to kiss me again, but he looks like a bird trying to peck for a crust of bread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Within moments two more land on his hand and greedily peck at the seed, braver than the rest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His query would hang in the air while she sprang over to peck him on the lips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sparrow pecked the ground a moment longer before she fluttered her wings and flew above the tree line, over the brick walls, and out of sight. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Cautiously it walks up to it and pecks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She considered waiting in Henry’s truck, away from the dressed-up chickens that would peck and peck at her until they found something tasty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He bent down and gave me a peck on the cheek. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The geese furiously flapped and pecked and wrapped their wings around the robot faces, clinging to the RECOs like feathery masks, distracting them, blinding them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She had seen them dazed, stumbling, eyes pecked out, still clawing the air at an attacker they could no longer see. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, sisterly pecks on the cheek from Piper, but that didn’t count. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he reached the mouth of the bay, he spotted three seagulls pecking at a half-eaten fish on the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Fern’s chicken-feet etching had all but eroded in the pecking frenzy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When Lacey leaned over and pecked him on the mouth, he perked up enough to mumble, “Yes.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He kisses my forehead with his usual two pecks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It pecked at their helmets, twittering and flapping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This made them hard for the gobbler to shell, but he was working away at it, pecking and scratching so hard that he was raising a big dust out in the field. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He could drown, freeze, or be pecked apart by seagulls. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Those little critters can go stir-crazy in a long rain and peck each other to death. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Do they ever crack them pecking hard things? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Wise words. I’d not want you crows to peck me to death.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So much was Mary kicked and cut to pieces, that she was oftener called “pecked” than by her name. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z My mom pecks me on the cheek and leaves my room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Dad typed away on the laptop, balancing it in his left hand while pecking away with his right. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Nearby, their ducks waddled about and their chickens pecked the ground, searching for bits of food. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They waited for him in a group, and when he entered the chicken coop they blocked his path, surrounded him, and pecked him half to death before he knew what had happened. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked so perfectly like her grouchy old self that Sefia smiled again and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The raven was pecking at an egg, breaking the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He feeds the birds and they peck in his palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She has found herself in a pecking order that surprises and frustrates her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His little brother pecked at the food on his plate, eating little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Scavenger birds peck at the oozing matter that leaks from my crushed skull. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I open the door, and Lubek grins, pushes a pecking chicken away from his feet, and goes straight to the pot to make himself a cup of tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Cinder flecks from his feet pecked at my shins. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Fly or die!” cried the three-eyed crow as it pecked at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m not talking a peck on the cheek; his mouth is smothering mine. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He had expected it to begin pecking at him with his beak, remembering terrible stories about vultures that went for living people's eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Jay struts up and down before he pecks at a card, while a woman waits to hear Rani tell her fortune. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Marching around on the ground in front of Yelena’s headstone, pecking at bugs and worms, was the raven from before. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They kept pecking and pecking at the keys, until finally I put some more paper in it to show them how it’s done. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z At each pause, he pecked his head over his chest like a turtle coming out of its shell, but his eyes didn’t move. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The women all pecked and puckered at the old man's face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper pulled obediently at the clothesline, while Captain Cook took a parting peck at Mrs. Callahan’s striped stockings. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The pecking order was simple: Students obeyed teachers, and everyone obeyed Miss Mortimer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In Solomon’s store he found Omar and Solomon shaking sacks of okra into peck baskets and he still felt the sense of lightness and power that flying had given him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, an eagle pecked at his heart while he sat there watching it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In a hurry to meet Nancy, Linda had only a cup of coffee, pecked her children good-bye, and, avoiding Bloom’s eyes, she hurried out the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were pecking through the piles, looking for all the green and black ones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It pecked at something in between the cracks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Bright, lifeless roses that lay in peck baskets for months until the specialty buyer at Gerhardt’s sent Freddie the janitor over to tell the girls that they could use another gross. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, what a peck of trouble she was in for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin gave me a quick peck and waited defiantly for me to say something but I did not. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Thoughts of my younger sister pecked at me, and finally, I turned. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Seconds later, we were sitting in the yard watching the chickens peck for corn and bugs. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As if on cue, the women peck at last morsels and then carry plates and bowls to the kitchen and dump them in the sink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the pigeons pecked his last bit of sense away? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A crow had once taken Mors for dead and pecked out his eye, so he wore a chunk of dragonglass in its stead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nipper nodded and pecked him on the nose. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Telling Beans not to trespass would be as useless as telling Nipper not to peck. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z One of the train station pigeons walked up to their table and pecked at some crumbs on the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Henry crosses the room with a laugh and nudges up behind him at the stove to peck him on the cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mam’s cry: “You spoiled him rotten, and now he’ll never be a man”—and Gram’s retort: “You keep pecking at him and soon he won’t come home at all.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Each morning, we walk the long dusty road to Mrs. Hughes's house—large, white stone, with a yard circling and chickens pecking at our feet. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Here,” I say, “put this in the peck basket. It’s a keeper.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z As the story goes, when he was done birds flew down and pecked away the outlines—a development that gave Alexander pause, until someone suggested that it augured well for the town’s prosperity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He pecked at the seeds, and when they were gone, she tossed him back into the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Earlier, the pony had been rubbing himself against the barbed wire around the turkey coop, but the longnecked turkeys got all riled up and pecked his legs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As the bird pecked at the Puffs, sunlight skipped off glossings of green and purple around its neck. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Boo walked up to the thing and pecked it twice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She leaned over and pecked Tori on the cheek. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mama walked over and pecked Miss Love on the cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We listened to her heels pecking off the porch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A pigeon was pecking him on the rump, pecking him and giggling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He started pecking at the shadows that had them pinned to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Genie had never seen the birds in Brooklyn pecking at plants, but that was probably because he never really saw plants in Brooklyn. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “The Witch is a bird sometimes. She can fly into your bedroom at night and peck out your eyes!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It pecked at the boat’s prow and flew toward the island. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lili got up from the floor and inclined her face towards her husband’s in order to receive her nightly peck on the cheek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The shadow-birds turn their beady eyes on him and swarm in a tornado of wings and talons, pecking at his skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I stand still, and it lands on Jeremy’s palm, pecking at the seed while giving me sidelong glances. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But Sohrab had wandered to the window, where a half-dozen pigeons strutted back and forth on the sill, pecking at wood and scraps of old bread. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I scream as they surround me, feathers flapping in my ears, beaks pecking at my shoulders, talons clinging to my clothes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They say he’s got fat peacocks strutting around in a courtyard, protected by high walls, pecking up grain from silver plates inscribed with Moorish designs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We unload the crates and set the chickens free to peck around this New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I give him a quick peck on the cheek. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I let the flapping of wings and the squawking and the pecking and the prodding continue, relaxing one muscle at a time, resigning myself to becoming a pecked carcass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I stood on the two trap springs and released the jaws, and he pecked at my legs, slamming his beak against my thick winter pants. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Palmer pecked and pestered and catapulted icy smiles into Hayden’s deepening gloom. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It put out his left eye and then his right, and when he was blind in the dark it pecked at his brow, driving its terrible sharp beak deep into his skull. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It landed on Bran's shoulder, and pecked at him, and the shining golden face was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The only thing I heard was someone pecking at a typewriter and then the little bell dinging when whoever was typing reached the end of a line. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I collected almost a peck of mussels in very little time at all, and began tying them in my sweater to carry them back to camp. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned forward and gave him a kiss, way longer than a peck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Still, there was a clear pecking order based on this accommodation, and he lorded it over the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I stuck the paper in the typewriter. I helped her peck it out.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they peck each other, their beaks are cut off. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I walk over and drop it in the peck basket. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The birds to my right squawked and pecked on the bars of their cages. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They strutted boldly, those pigeons, going about their business, pecking here, pecking there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She pecked at Pan’s knee and hummed something that sounded like a funeral dirge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But one day, as the chicken was pecking bugs outside, a soft rain fell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All thirteen share one bathroom, and the established pecking order means the Peraltas rarely get to use the kitchen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Would seagulls land on him and peck bits of warm meat from his body when he could no longer fight back? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “That does me good! That’s worth millions of money and pecks of praise. Oh, Marmee, I do try! I will keep on trying, and not get tired, since I have you to help me.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you and me’s going to fry up a couple pecks of potatoes to go with the fish. There won’t be nothing to it. I peeled the potatoes this morning before you two was up.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He hovered in front of her face and pecked her nose. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m thinking of the hens I saw at Polyface Farm, fanning out over the cow pasture on a June morning, pecking at the cowpats and the grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The gull was strutting from side to side with short, quick steps and pecking impatiently in the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I practically danced home, thinking about her having confidence in me and about that little peck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We sat at a safe distance from the water while the flocks of gray-and-white sanderlings pecked at the shore. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Grandpa bent down to put a finger in the cage, and Goldilocks instantly pecked at it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Early one morning that September his wife, Hazel, arose to find Ulbrickson already awake, sitting in his pajamas at an old typewriter, assiduously pecking at the keys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The swallow pecked at something on the ground as Genie laser-eyed it like he was trying to will it over to him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A magpie fluttered out of one of the rhododendron bushes growing near the house, and a couple of fat sparrows pecked busily at invisible insects in the gravel, but that was all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They went downstairs and stepped outside to find a pen of plump black chickens pecking heartily in straw. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Chickens peck at corn kernels scattered across the dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not going to be pecked to death by a bunch of seagulls!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It took a few casual steps and stopped to peck at the ground—a perfect target. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “The big crow can peck the little crows,” growled a voice behind him, “but has he belly enough to fight a man?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A tall grandfather clock sat at the foot of the stairs, pecking away at the hour as if a crow trapped inside were trying to break loose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A beat-up gull swooped in and pecked at a cigarette filter. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and it pecks at my face, its beak hitting me in the nose. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When I swat a few of them away, I realize that they are perched on top of a man, pecking at his clothes, which are Abnegation gray. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The chicken pecked his hand, and he dropped her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A few skinny chickens pecked around the concrete blocks the house sat on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The bird stands in the shallows, pecking at the water, then wades deeper and starts splashing around. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "M'lords," he muttered as the goose honked and pecked at his fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Those claws, of course. And when they peck at your glasses.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Without ever quite meaning to, I’d entered the troop’s pecking order. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then one pecked my forehead sharply, near my eyes, and I felt blood run down my face. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The birds eyes glittered greedily as they tore into each plump ear of corn and pecked at the juicy young kernels. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I sat very still, and eventually two chickens were pecking around the yard. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Birds in their little nests agree,” sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the “pecking” ended for that time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All was quiet, but as they paused at the top of the bank, a tussling pack of six or seven sparrows flew down to the line and began to peck about between the sleepers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I scattered some grain for the hungry chickens and watched their mad scramble as the rooster called them to peck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Their small black eyes were full of secrets, and they would caw at him and peck his skin when they heard the songs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string with his bill, cawing softly to himself, a miserable sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She eyed me with her silky black eyes and pecked at my suit. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Jean Louise pecked at her aunt and missed, took a package of cigarettes from her bag, and hurled it at the sofa. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He pecks for a moment at the scarecrow’s pole that rises in the center of the whirlpool eye, dislodging a tiny phosphorescent sea slug and devouring it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Whatever you say, boss,” and he gives you a quick peck on the lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It would poke and peck about, perhaps circling the box, perhaps even ambling over to the spectators, who would laugh and shoo it back to the field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The hens spilled out of the doorway and started pecking at the grass with little chortles of glee. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And Dad, using two fingers, hesitatingly pecked out the first thing that came to his mind—his name. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel gave Frank a peck on the cheek and ran to help. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Well, Lillie,” he said to Mother, "I guess my spring chicken days are over. When you start getting pecks on the cheek from your daughters’ friends, you’re on the decline.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried to peck at her, seeking to dislodge her, or distract her enough to make her fall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Under my mother’s glare, he gave Caroline a timid peck on the cheek, then wrapped his arms around me and gave me a bear hug. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I did, and she walked around the table and pecked me on the mouth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the process they have overturned the old social pecking order in which “Episcopalian,” for example, was a code word for upper class, and “fundamentalist” or “evangelical” shorthand for lower. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When passenger pigeons found an area with grain or nuts to eat, they formed a long, linear front that advanced forward, heads peck-peck- pecking at the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She chortled and cheeped and gave his arm an encouraging peck. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Uncle Paul ain’t brought me none yet A peck ain’t enough to can. He say he got two bushels for me.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It flew to the bookcase, ambled across the booktops, pecked at pages. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Hunger was pecking inside my stomach like a bird. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z "Tell me the hen doesn't peck when the rooster crows," said Chucha with heavy sarcasm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Surprised at seeing a strange man sitting on the floor, Captain Cook quietly walked over and began to peck him curiously. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He hoped so, because here, being a minister’s son mattered a whole lot, and pretending that it didn’t matter to him was starting to peck at his soul. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z In the backyard, the hens clucked and murmured as they scratched for bugs or pecked at the last dirty crumbs of wet cornmeal that Grandpa had put out for them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That said, Kamen was very much Rubens superior in the academic pecking order, for the latter was a freshly minted PhD still seeking a faculty position in the Chemistry Department. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Chickens stuffed with sawdust pecked at the ground; from time to time Cora tossed imaginary seed at them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The little boy started clucking and pecking ’round on the stage then he commenced scratching at the floor with his bare feet and you’d have swored he was digging up worms! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was eating something, it was feeding, It was pecking at what it was eating. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nearby some crows were pecking at a body crushed beneath the tumbled stone, but he lay facedown and Bran could not say who he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bird pecked at seeds on the ground. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Beatrice took my hand, and bending down gave me a swift peck on my cheek. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As he did every morning, he went into the kitchen for his breakfast and saw a hen pecking crumbs from the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was a green dream, so I knew it was true. A crow was trying to peck through the chains, but the stone was too hard and his beak could only chip at them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The female stood by pecking at something on the ground and then, after a while, it walked away, indifferent to the males great flare of feathers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Plus, the coat had protected me from the chickens’ pecking. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Bull Sparra pecked nut morsels from his feathers, his eyes gleaming craftily. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The newly arrived could not help but notice the unfair pecking order. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I spit and clench my teeth to form a barrier, but now a fourth crow is pushing at my feet, and a fifth crow is pecking at my ribs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A while later, there was a regular-looking fluffy black-and-white chicken pecking at the ground, with a little red comb and yellow legs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z All he ever did was sit on the porch and swat flies, and like I said, even had him a pet hen to peck them up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That isn’t overcoming cowardice! Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by crows, Four!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When it did not come, hunger awoke him; he ran from his roost to Miyax, pecked on her boot, and fluttered his wings for food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While she waited for the father and son to gain a little distance on them, Sefia pecked at the ground with her fingertips, plucking up twigs and brown leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Kehaar went on pecking at the broken pieces of stale bread. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow’s supper consisted of an all-day full breakfast—it came with hush puppies—while Mr. Ibis picked and pecked at a slice of coffeecake. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They sat down on a bench in the shade, holding hands, surrounded by pigeons that were pecking at the corn. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With enormous effort, I bow my head and shut my eyes while it hops around on my hair, pecking and grooming. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!” cried Polly, tumbling off the chair with a bounce, and running to peck the ‘rattlepated’ boy, who was shaking with laughter at the last speech. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The jar was a little dusty, but I think it’s okay—after all, she pecks around in the dirt all day, and that book said she even eats small rocks. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It is not uncommon for this breed of bantam to be the top of the pecking order among milder-mannered breeds. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She kissed my cheek, just a quick peck, and then she stood up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Yep, just a peck, followed by, “I want to show you my all-time favorite flower,” and that sweet smile. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The dumb ones pecked at him and got nothing but ulcers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Americans have never been comfortable with the notion of a pecking order based on anything other than talent and hard work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the pecking order of fifth grade, I was closer to the top than the bottom because my parents were rich and my dad had met the president of the United States. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Boo perched on her shoulder and pecked her ear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I pulled away from Augustus, and he snuck a peck onto my forehead as I stared down at my Chuck Taylors. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Her dæmon changed yet again, and became a goldfinch, pecking at invisible crumbs on the tabletop. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Seagulls wailed, a skinny shorebird ran up and down the sand, busily pecking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then we walked back and forth, picking out broken glass, like chickens pecking seeds. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These he evidently mistook for polar snow, for he began to peck at the window vigorously. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Boo hopped onto her head and pecked at her hair, urging her to take it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They passed the Logan County Gazette office, where the newspaper editor, Ms. Turner, hunched over her keyboard, index fingers in pecking position. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was just a peck, our lips touched for only a few seconds, but it set off explosions in my head. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He pecked at a bit of the syrup, but didn’t seem to like the sticky feel of it on his beak, and shook his head comically. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She gives a quick peck to my temple. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Beidleman, sensitive by nature, was quite conscious of his place in the expedition pecking order. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Three groups of them: the first got one grain per peck, the second one grain every other peck, the third was random. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sparra soldiers piled in on him, jabbering, clawing and pecking. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He spat tobacco juice in an arc that just missed a Rhode Island Red pecking dirt in the swept yard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When after a moment it had not moved, I resorted to the car horn, but this had no effect other than to make the creature commence pecking at something on the ground. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z More annoying than harmful, like a bird pecking on you. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A lump in his jacket struggled and pecked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Now, as a teenager, Pearl’s caresses had become rare—a peck on the cheek, a one-armed, half-hearted hug—and all the more precious because of that. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And lechuzas? You want those evil owls climbing all over you while you sleep, pecking your eyes out?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The second strange thing was Hannah’s coming into her mother’s room with an empty bowl and a peck of Kentucky Wonders and saying, “Mamma, did you ever love us?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I shall be pecked to death!” wailed the poor Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Others began at once to peck about for food. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Ice gave Mtisha a peck on the cheek and went on to the subway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The bird began to struggle, to flap its wings, and as soon as it lurched in its fight to fly, pecking at Genie’s hand, he got scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Almost everyone was wounded, bleeding from multiple bird pecks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he saw the Mark come up, he alighted a little way out in the field, halfway between the undergrowth and the sentry line, and began pecking about in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat there now, wearing his small, black skullcap and pecking at the typewriter with his index fingers, a thin, frail man in his fifties, with gray hair, gaunt cheeks, and spectacles. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mama gave him a quick peck on the cheek. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As soon as it landed, she squawked and went back to pecking at the dandelions in the blackberry bushes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z When the pigeon on Victor's head leaned forward and pecked at the glass of his fake glasses, Bo giggled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He leaned across the counter, pecked her on the mouth, and strode out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But still, a peck was still technically considered a kiss, right? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Some insect, maybe a grasshopper or worm, found its way to the center of the chicken run and all the chickens went crazy pecking, flapping, and scratching to get at it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She gave him a daughterly peck on the cheek. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There are countless stories of images mistaken for actuality—tales of birds pecking at painted fruit, of people trying to lift painted cloths off of pictures or shooing away painted flies. A Morbid, Engaging Body of Work 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z These aren't your everyday rats with wings, those dirty pigeons you find under a highway overpass or pecking around for grain in the gutter. Tyson ready for Animal Planet debut in new series 2011-03-04T14:09:09Z The programme, which was light and likable, pecked gently at lives in which chickens mean much more than eggs. Attila the Hen 2011-03-30T06:59:01Z Reintroduce intimacy slowly – start with something as small as holding hands or giving your partner a peck on the cheek before you head off to work. How to cope with a sexless marriage 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Years later, he pecked out “The Typewriter Manifesto,” a proclamation of the typospherians’ determination to resist the enfeebling aspects of the Internet Age. Viva la typewriter! 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Waiting in line outside the club is standing “huddled with the other pigeons pecking around beneath an underperforming heat lamp.” Some Personal News From Samantha Irby 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Is there some sort of pecking order of meteorological seniority? Who gets to label the next storm or hurricane in the alphabetic sequence? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z As the song finished, he pecked his partner on the cheek and threw his head back in laughter. Playing Cupid for a Gay Friend on a (Mostly) Straight Cruise 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s the same reward system used in slot machines, video games and even during animal experiments where researchers train pigeons to continuously peck at a light on the wall. Finding love in a hopeless place: Why Tinder is so “evilly satisfying” 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z He and his fellow have-nots are crowded together, pecking and squawking and waiting to see who will be slaughtered next. ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z When I leaned in for a platonic peck on her cheek at the end of our brief date, she shrunk away and stuck her hand out. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z An ordinary Saturday at the Harlem School of the Arts finds children in black tights learning dance moves, pecking away at keyboards or torturing clay into intricate shapes. Yvette L. Campbell, New President of Harlem School of the Arts 2011-12-05T23:59:59Z In the Hollywood pecking order it followed "Random Old Lady" and "Man on Bus." Robin Williams seized the day in every role 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Now, gentlemen who stay in that room may get a “peck on the cheek,” Bair says, from a very friendly ghost. Like a good scare? Here are five haunted hotels with stories fit for true-crime files. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It's just a superior song, which might tell you something about pop's pecking order: perhaps the industry's less well-known producers and writers are more inclined to give Cole their best stuff. Cheryl Cole: A Million Lights – review 2012-06-14T14:29:01Z A tense hour followed in which, with minimal competence, I texted a shortened wikiHow on cracking a combination lock and pecked phrases into a translation program. There’s No Place Like Home (Theater) 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z There was a pecking order, and he was the general. Comparing Stage Notes on Laurents 2011-05-10T22:35:23Z He gave her one last peck on the cheek and a “God love ya.” A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z One doesn’t picture Ms. B.V. sunbathing nude, but rather under a beach umbrella, slathered in Anthelios XL and pecking anxiously at her BlackBerry. Critical Shopper: Boutique Features Bottega Veneta Resort Line 2012-01-18T20:00:05Z He was responsible for the music played publicly in Russia, the venues, salaries, and the pecking order of Soviet musicians. Emigre to U.S. documents extraordinary Russian lives 2010-06-25T18:23:00Z A duck and other dogs, gesturing with fake paws to actual audio footage of Supreme Court arguments, are cast as lawyers, while a hen pecks away at a court stenographer's keyboard. Millions view talking dogs online spoof of U.S. Supreme Court 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s also an opportunity to shake up the city’s night life and anoint a new A-list pecking order. New York Fashion Week: Oh, to Be Fashion Week?s ?In? Spot ? New York Fashion Week 2011-09-07T21:03:58Z Beneath hats that vaguely suggest menacing birds ready to peck, Mr. Bedford’s expressive face manages to twist itself into any number of memorable grimaces. | 'The Importance of Being Earnest': A Stylish Monster Conquers at a Glance 2011-01-14T03:00:01Z Then I realized that passing Go and collecting $6 each time anyone landed on my lousy property wouldn’t do more than stave off the pecking and scratching annoyances of Community Chest and Chance. Bad times, great art: “Ass on chair.” There is no trick to writing; there is just doing 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z This is literally the case, in the attic scene, where Hitchcock, whose relationship with Hedren was frankly abusive, tied birds to her and let them peck her for the camera. Why The Shallows is better than The Birds 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z They clean battered guns and argue over the pecking order of hostages: One tells another not to worry about the blacks or the man who looks Filipino; only the white ones bring ransom. 'Fishing Without Nets' takes an authentic look at Somali pirates' life 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Bushnell: It’s about relationships and power and status and pecking order — which is something that everybody in New York understands because you live it every day. It’s an It Girl! The Birth of ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z If we saw this behavior in chimps, Dr. Jane Goodall would likely say it was the animals’ way of assessing pecking order. Cultural Studies: In Celebrity Climate, From Bump to Paunch, Pudgy Moms Can’t Get a Break 2012-08-17T20:19:36Z We’re so glad that you got to stay connected, pecking your way through a very different kind of feed from the ones your ancestors enjoyed. Obama’s last turkey pardon is the dad joke the country needs right now 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z As the train travelled west, and the southern New England shoreline swept past her window, her index fingers pecked at her keyboards and screens as she rushed to scan and respond. Kinds of Silence 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z After the night, he walked her to her car, gave her a quick peck on the cheek and asked for a second date. A Love of Sea Monsters Was the First Clue 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z She buries him up to his head, and he is pecked at by birds. "The Painted Bird" is a brutal masterpiece depicting the horrors and inhumanity of war 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z There were no chairs and so no pecking order. Burberry’s Alternate Fashion Reality 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z According to reports, chickens "chased" customers and were caught "pecking" at various car tires. Chickens terrorize NJ McDonald's, 'chase' customers and peck at car tires 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z As each woman relives obstacles on her road to success, birds waddle, perch, peck and paddle, their serenity a balm to memories of conflict and self-doubt. | 'The Red Birds': Friends in Avian Form 2010-04-20T23:53:00Z Advertisement Then they arrange themselves into patterns that suggest an internal pecking order. Review: ‘Henry IV,’ Donmar Warehouse’s All-Female Version 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z After the photo was snapped, Clinton delivered a peck on the infant’s bald head and returned him to Rodgers. Those babies who got kissed by presidential candidates? Here’s who they became. 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z He gave her a somewhat stilted peck on the lips. After a volcanic day of closing arguments, Bill Cosby’s retrial is in the hands of the jury 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z In those days, Chinese people did not hug or exchange pecks on the cheek, while shaking hands was for grownups only.Instead, China’s little emperors – the children without siblings 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Lady Skipper kissed the curb, but it was only a little peck. A newbie RV renter learns from her mistakes — and so can you 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The wild animals pose in front of forestlike patterns that stylize their real-world homes, and a woodpecker perches before a pattern that looks good enough to peck. Review | In the galleries: Extraordinary images from ordinary settings in ‘Places We Find’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z And as the night progressed, an unspoken pecking order emerged. Scene City: After the Globes Show, the Party Rush 2012-01-18T20:30:38Z The Clark’s nutcracker, I surmised after observing one in an Aspen tree last winter furiously pecking at a seed, is a determined bird. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Mike Birbiglia was just a few minutes into his one-man Broadway show the other night when he spotted the woman in the front row, pecking away at her cellphone. Mike Birbiglia Sounds Off on Cellphones in His Theater 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But over the years a bond develops between them, and she eventually bestows a peck on his cheek. | 'Ramchand Pakistani': A Boy Caught in the India-Pakistan Crossfire 2010-04-20T22:55:00Z Some viewers complained when he pecked the cheeks of women of different races. Richard Dawson, Kissing Host of ‘Family Feud,’ Dies at 79 2012-06-03T22:14:10Z I gave up and just eavesdropped, trying to pick up clues to the pecking order. Christine Who Fed the Hungry 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “At this point, when you continue to lose sales, you need to peck at your competition because you're not taking those sales away from craft breweries right now,” he said. Trouble brewing: MillerCoors sues Bud Light over ongoing corn-syrup controversy 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z I sat next to my aunt, who seemed concerned that I was only pecking at salad and shrimp. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Yes, my $450 dinner was worth every penny 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Welty describes "white ibises pecking about like chickens on the runways" in New Orleans. 'Letters' inscribes a grand love affair with words between Macdonald and Welty 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Only the Parsis are immune, because their dead are left on the Towers of Silence to be pecked at by vultures. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z The scene considers, he said, “the pecking order.” Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In the mid-19th century, organists knew where they stood — and it was at the top of the musical pecking order, thanks to their association with the church, which mostly supplied their instruments. Once Top Musicians, Organists See Loss of Relevance 2014-04-25T19:57:41Z And not just a peck on the cheek. Theater Review: New Series at Ensemble Studio Theater’s One-Act Festival 2013-06-03T21:08:28Z The wonderfully witty Emi — ”Pickled herring,” she allowed at one point, “is the Gatorade of the North” — was busily pecking away at the keyboard of her silver MacBook Air when we arrived. Stockholm, and the Strangers Who Brought Me There 2012-06-15T18:37:54Z A few dozen jockeyed for position in a scrum, pecking away at Brookshire’s palm. Is This Elephant Bothering You? 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z He refused to participate in the 1951 “Life” magazine photo of his peers, including de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko that helped enshrine the pecking order of the nascent Abstract Expressionist movement. Milton Resnick Gets His Due on New York’s Lower East Side 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It was literally: push his face towards me and give him a peck on the lips. Kirsten Dunst: ‘The movie industry is in a weird place – creatives blossom on TV’ 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z It features some bird motion — pecking isolations, swooping flocks. Review: Watching Paul Taylor’s Road Not Taken (and Lessons Learned) 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Heritage birds are raised outside, pecking at a varied diet. Sean Sherman’s 10 Essential Native American Recipes 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Have we now come full circle, or have we just always been standing in place, wearily accepting our Jan Brady status in the societal pecking order? Generation X exists! New Weezer album is the sound of our middle-aged middle-child syndrome 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z While his eight employees peck away at their keyboards, Laffer does not use a computer, write emails or text. Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Hats off to Miller, too, for holding it together amid the flurry of pecking predators and providing a believable portrait of caged beauty under duress. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-01-06T00:08:07Z Chickens are the birds that gave us the term “pecking order.” Perspective | 7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z “It’s tradition,” he said, “to give your partner a peck on the cheek.” Have Any Point Shoes In a Man?s Size 9? 2011-06-03T18:22:07Z I gave Joe a peck on the cheek and we sat down on a picnic bench to listen to the music, his arm around my shoulders. Personal Journeys: Would a Gay Man Be Welcomed Home in Montana? 2013-08-21T16:14:33Z No one notices him because he looks so innocuous, as tiny and near-invisible as one of the birds pecking at table crumbs, and because he constantly changes his wardrobe with newly pilfered items. Movie Review: ‘Sister,’ Directed by Ursula Meier 2012-10-04T23:50:51Z It was not a peck on the cheek or lips but a passionate pressing of mouths. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z I’m not sure where sustainability fits in that pecking order.” Luxury fashion brands are going green. But why are they keeping it a secret? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Earlier in the season, when pecking order for males is being reestablished, there are more elks doing battle. Leaf-peeping and spooky vibes make Estes Park, Colo., a dynamic fall destination 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In fact, they had already kissed between the bars, according to Vin, “but it wasn’t making out or anything like that. It was a cute little peck.” Date Lab: Things got hazy by the end of the night 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Fremaux typically meets all filmmakers and casts on the top of the Palais steps with the standard European greeting of pecks on each cheek. A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The more determinedly prestige-oriented pictures, however, had yet to establish a pecking order. Favorites but few breakouts at Toronto film festival's opening weekend 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Male children are favored in Indian society, and wives join the husband’s family at the low end of the pecking order, often relegated to kitchen drudge work while the mother-in-law rules over the grandchildren. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z The movie’s depiction of the savage pecking order of school is mild; the children, obsessed with “cooties,” seem naïve even by 1965 standards. | 'That?s What I Am': Puppy Love and Bullies and a Bow-Tied Teacher 2011-04-29T00:01:50Z “This is a Super Second,” he says as he briefly explains the Classification of 1855 pecking order. How to drink like a billionaire – a guide for the status-conscious wine lover 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The group fired back with pecks and pushes. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Spent the morning pecking away at gift-guide pitches while applying anything in all bathroom cabinets below my eyes in a futile attempt to relieve the gigantic bags under them. Stars of the See-and-Be-Seen Upend Washington 2010-12-23T23:42:46Z If Gervais were to be parachuted into the middle of the Antarctic, it would take roughly 20 minutes before the penguins were lining up to peck his lights out. ‘Atrocious and unrepentant’: Ricky Gervais out-Ricky Gervaises himself in After Life 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z According to Greene, the brief peck was nothing but a sweeps week stunt—and it never resulted in a real relationship being developed between the two women. Pop culture still fails queer people: Sanitizing LGBT romance is a tradition Hollywood can’t seem to break 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The quest for comparison, the pecking orders it builds, and the evaluations they demand, are always just a click away. Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Rune maintains a poker face, his eyes alert and wary as he stifles any signs of fear and endures what amounts to continuous hazing as a newbie at the bottom of the pecking order. | 'R': Life in the Big House: The Danish Experience 2011-06-16T23:36:42Z There’s inevitably a pecking order at every break. Kelly Slater’s Wave-Finding Tips 2012-05-25T19:49:15Z And at the movable chicken house, Brooklyn schoolchildren examined eggs, while Araucana, Silver Speckled Hamburg and Naked Neck breeds pecked at their feet. Volunteers Take to New York-Area Farms 2010-05-27T21:22:00Z He also sang in a choir behind the famous cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, and began pecking out popular songs and Yiddish vaudeville tunes. Irving Fields, Composer Who Infused Songs With Latin Rhythms, Dies at 101 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z And, really, doesn’t the bird pecking furiously at his windowpane look like it might be part of a cabal? ‘The Pigeoning,’ a Bunraku Play for Grown-ups 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z In the pecking order of Hollywood, journalists fall somewhere between grips and the guy who drives the craft service catering truck, so I knew the idea of my wooing a star was preposterous. Modern Love: How Hollywood Ruined Me for Romance 2014-01-23T19:38:45Z The film, cast with actual boys in detention, shows why it is almost impossible to avoid brutalization in an insular, punitive culture with a vicious pecking order that fosters rage. Tribeca Film Festival: 12 Days, 132 Films, 38 Countries 2010-04-16T00:04:00Z Like a descent of woodpeckers armed with mallets, percussionists pecked, rapped and banged on the hollow segments of the cast-iron facades, producing resounding cascades of sound that were answered by intermittent chords from the orchestra. Review: Make Music New York Teaches Buildings How to Sing 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z After doing this, we placed everyone on a pecking order based on prejudicial judgments made according to the few superficial attributes that were in the facebook – a face, a smile, a name. Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z A pileated woodpecker, grafted with feathers, pecks into tree bark through my phone’s screen, its tongue extended from its beak like a Fruit Roll-Up. App review: See Natural History skeletons before they were just bones 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z And soon they come crawling, pecking, gnawing and crunching. Review: ‘Eating Giants: Hippo,’ on Animal Planet 2012-09-14T14:37:18Z I also pickled, if not a peck, certainly more than my fair share of jalapeños before I dug up those plants. Urban gardening: Work slows, but doesn’t stop, when October rolls around Not just a playful peck, but a lip-to-lip lock that throws the viewers and Rumpelstiltskin stumbling back into the shadows. 'Once Upon a Time': Secrets and potential evil in 'Unforgiven' 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z He’s also been pecking away at a new manuscript, drawn as always from his personal life, and when he meets his editor for a quick coffee, he gets some feedback. Director Paul Haggis’ raw, painful confession 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z People are more than twice as likely to say getting engaged is more memorable than the first peck. Amazing Facts About Love and Marriage 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z We shield our eyes, but they peck at the fingers. Not the Booker prize 2012: the shortlist 2012-08-13T09:28:03Z In New York, detectives monitor rap videos on YouTube to study the pecking order on the streets and beefs between gangs that might have spurred crimes. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z I spent that summer pecking away at a typewriter in preparation. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The D-Day vet described the peck as "lovely" and said that he lost his wife 10 years ago so he didn't "get many opportunities for kisses any more." William, Kate honor D-Day vets; she rewards one with a kiss, report says 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Wiseman, who also wrote “Queen Bees & Wannabes,” a nonfiction book about the social pecking order of tween girls, speaks with students around the country. 2010-01-30T04:45:00Z So much of what you are finding unbearable seems bound up with your own vulnerabilities about your position in the social pecking order. My wealthy daughter-in-law always treats us very rudely 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z In a home video, he stalks artlessly around the room, flipping his feathered, center-parted hair and pecking everyone on the lips. Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z It was all in good fun, and Martin gamely pecked the keys. Emmys 2014: Little awards love for big 'Game of Thrones' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z A short while later a magpie stopped by and pecked at the bits of brain left scattered on the ground in front of the gate. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z She doesn’t kick Chad off the show, but does give Evan the Date Rose and a peck on the lips. 'The Bachelorette' Watch: JoJo Meets Mad Chad 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z “Part of me wanted to say that tigers need to move down the pecking order for four years because humans are endangered again,” Oliver joked on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” WATCH: John Oliver, Seth Meyers fondly remember the first days after the 2016 election 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z When he wasn’t writing, he read Chekhov, played games with his son and took long walks in the countryside, pecking out lines of dialogue on his iPhone. Apocalypse Now-ish (Cocktails, Anyone?) 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Hedren says she broke down when a bird that had been attached to her shoulder almost pecked her in the eye, and she spent the following week in bed, exhausted. Tippi Hedren: Alfred Hitchcock sexually assaulted me 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z In Mr. Ratmansky’s version, she lands on the czar’s shoulders and pecks him to death. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Facebook is constantly sending alerts of what they’re up to: liking and commenting and posting and sharing, like squirrels pecking away. Cyber Parents, Accessing Perhaps, TMI 2013-05-03T22:57:13Z The series was a broad satire of celebrity vanity and the Hollywood pecking order "I am proud to announce the Entourage movie is officially a GO!," he wrote. Entourage movie gets the go-ahead 2013-10-29T13:13:00Z Everyone at Vogue seemed to know their place in the social pecking order. Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The two were sucking face -- seriously, this was no demure peck -- on a dance floor in Ibiza, reported TMZ, which posted the stealth video shot from somewhere above the crush of bodies. Zac Efron, Michelle Rodriguez suck face on an Ibiza dance floor 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z I don’t believe I ever saw my parents exchange more than a purse-lipped peck. Too Much Kissing in the Kitchen 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He is shocked because he pecked her on the lips once. The Bachelorette Watch: Let's Czech Out Prague 2012-06-26T12:30:34Z But there were flashes in which he hurriedly pecked the keyboard as if jaded and exasperated, understandably dropping notes along the way. ‘I Just Let Myself Go’: Igor Levit on Surviving a Satie Marathon 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z At the end of one long bit, he asks an audience member for a peck on the cheek. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z We might not be in any danger of chickens creating the Great Chicken Nation, but they do have a literal pecking order. Humans Know a Lot, This Author Concedes, and Most of It Is Useless 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Here we listened for the sound of bark being flaked, not pecked, the telltale behavior of a black-backed woodpecker. Explorer: In a Minnesota Bog, a Festival of Birds 2013-01-18T18:25:51Z In one early scene, Grant and Bergman kiss, nuzzle, peck and smooch for a solid two and a half minutes, their noses barely more than a half-inch apart, the camera not much further away. Sexpionage! Why filmmakers can't resist a honeytrap 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z In her new memoir, “Tippi,” Hedren quickly dispenses with Hitchcock, but we learn about his incessant staring, his dirty limericks, the pecking and pawing and threats. Attacked by birds and Hitchcock, Tippi Hedren sought out big cats 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z As late as the early 1980s, you'd still come down in the morning and find some Marxist literary theorist had been on the doorstep and pecked off the top of the milk. Never mind endangered animals – it's the thinkers that we need to save 2013-03-10T00:05:44Z In her new book, “The Palace Papers,” Tina Brown takes on a centuries-old institution of strong personalities, byzantine rules, a definite pecking order and mercurial public support. Tina Brown Catches Up With Royal Intrigue in ‘The Palace Papers’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This pecking order, needless to say, was not to last. Grace Coddington Is Always in Fashion 2012-11-17T11:00:00Z While Lorin was completing that, the doctor pecked away for a few more minutes on his keyboard, and then turned toward us. “I don’t know who, or what, I’m married to anymore”: PTSD brings the war home 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z But at least “Son of Saul” did not come away empty-handed: It won Cannes’s Grand Prix, a kind of second-place in the festival’s awards pecking order. Top honor at Cannes goes to story of Sri Lankan immigrants in France 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Between assassinations, he pecks away at a novel on a vintage Smith Corona, in what one hopes is a Warren Zevon reference. Review: A New ‘Mosquito Coast,’ This Time With Narcos 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Chickens pecked outside a coop, and in the distance, cattle grazed open pastureland that seemed to drop off into the sea below. In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z I pecked into Twitter as we rode up on the Trailways bus. At a Murder Mystery Weekend, Whodunit? Everyone 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z But like most couples, there are also times, when husband pecks away at a screen, that she wants to toss his device away with the table scraps. Married to Their Smartphones (Oh, and to Each Other, Too) 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “But I mean it’s number five or six in the pecking order of what this show is about.” Underdog soccer series ‘Ted Lasso’ finds itself the big dog 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Yet more than a pecking order can be gleaned from the poster for this year's event, set to run April 10-12 and again April 17 through 19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Jack White bridges the genres at Coachella 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Investigative stories such as this past Sunday’s exposé of abuses at Colorado’s “sober-living homes” — which already has the state legislature promising reform — will become even more important in the pecking order. Perspective | Is this strip-mining or journalism? ‘Sobs, gasps, expletives’ over latest Denver Post layoffs. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But its return is also testing loyalties and disrupting the finely calibrated social pecking order of the ZIP code’s wood-paneled canteens. A Clubby French Bistro Ruffles Uptown Social Feathers 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “But in the pecking order of campaign priorities, I don’t think it’s a significant one.” The Fashion Conservatives 2010-10-20T22:33:00Z Once among the top ten local firms, Dr. Reddy's was now close to twentieth in the pecking order. Dr. Reddy's Rejuvenation 2011-02-03T23:00:00Z Who wants to see two bony featherweights peck at each other for 12 rounds? Boxing and the Age of Denial 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z But many British noblemen felt adrift in a place where "the fine distinctions of manners, dress, and vocabulary that allowed the British to recognize and place each other in a social pecking order meant nothing." 'Prairie Fever': the highborn British and the American West 2012-06-06T21:19:18Z The Vatican is an anachronistic, albeit surprisingly tenacious system, in which pecking orders and an absurd penchant for secrecy and intrigue prevail. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z She pecks out a few more text messages. On the set as "Glee" begins its second season 2010-08-27T05:39:00Z Her first peck happened on set at age 9; her first real kiss came at 16, again on set. ‘Yellowjackets’: How Sophie Nélisse Managed That Harrowing Birth Scene 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Laura Palmer, the kind of girl Alfred Hitchcock would have salivated to see pecked apart by a murder of crows. “Twin Peaks”: Can a classic succeed at being happening again? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z They started pecking on the guitar and plucking the strings. Experience: I’m a turkey whisperer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “Tangerine,” Christine Mangan’s first novel, opens with three men pulling a corpse from the waters off Tangier, wondering what kind of birds pecked out its eyes and whether dead bodies weigh more than living ones. Review | Who’s telling the truth? ‘Tangerine’ is a twisty tale of friendship, death and deceit 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Instead, there is a “supposedly” creepy scene of Moose covering Hunter, asleep in his chair, with a blanket and giving him a peck goodnight. Fred Durst's "The Fanatic": Even Travolta's overacting can't make this limp thriller any fun 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Before long, my son had moved from swift pecks on my cheek to tongue flying at my face from the other side of the couch. My son’s Oedipus complex 2014-05-12T00:00:00Z The pecking order is crystalline, partly because Churchill deploys angry satire by rendering Clive’s daughter, Victoria, the lowest of the low, as a helpless rag doll. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Most important, remember that “please,” “thank you,” and “excuse me” are gender neutral and always appropriate, regardless of your place in your organization’s pecking order. Modern Etiquette: Doors, Elevators, and Escalators 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Students always build pecking orders – but they do not always build them so fast and so mindlessly. Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Arts and heritage people are all too aware of their low priority in the pecking order of pain. Arts for everyone is cheap considering its rich returns 2010-07-27T19:36:00Z Slowly, the school hallways filled up with models waiting for the show to start, pecking at their phones. The Graduates 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z In some versions they have their eyes pecked out as they try to gatecrash the wedding; in others, they are condemned to become the palace drudges. The Ugly Sisters – review 2012-08-07T17:45:01Z Expect exhilarating sets, wobbly renditions of “Auld Lang Syne” and maybe even a midnight peck from that stranger who knows all the words. Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New Year 2010-12-23T23:06:06Z Rather than describing their sense of futility, Kumarasamy folds the emotion into an image of birds pecking at newly planted seeds, so that “in the end, the garden looked more like a series of mousetraps.” Debut Stories Trace the Aftershocks of the Sri Lankan Civil War 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Sitting in the front row, Combs took note of the pecking order. They laughed when Diddy launched a fashion line. Then he changed the industry. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Still, the mind pecks at me from the inside like a woodpecker too early on a Sunday morning. Marlen Esparza is my idol 2012-08-06T01:00:00Z In their self-deluded narcissism, neither Graham nor Kate has taken into account the laws of the dating jungle and their lower status in the pecking order. Movie Review: ‘Ex-Girlfriends,’ by Alexander Poe, With Jennifer Carpenter 2012-11-27T21:49:51Z “It was so hunt and peck, absolute learn by doing.” 'Fun Home' composer Jeanine Tesori hears the music in everyday life 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z There are many factors that can affect kids this age: hormones, self-consciousness, the feeling of perpetually being observed and judged, ever-shifting friendships, pecking orders and determining how they want to identify. Perspective | Our tween daughter needs to ‘earn’ her phone. Are we overthinking it? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Stephanie, a millennial, is aghast to discover that her new, Gen Z classmates reject the entire concept of a pecking order. ‘Senior Year’ Review: Oops! She’s Prom Queen Again. 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But after rewatching video footage, I see it was little more than a peck on the corner of my mouth and a long hug. My virginity mistake 2013-05-06T01:00:00Z As an applied art, they're still very low down the pecking order. The Farmer's Wife Of Vintage Fashion 2010-07-14T20:45:00Z Fox is second, ABC third and NBC fourth in the season rankings, the pecking order not expected to change over the next two days. CBS comes out on top for the 7th season in 8 years 2010-05-25T19:04:00Z They started the set full of indeterminacy and free of tempo: Mr. Frisell pecked at phrases, prolonging the decay of his notes, feeding a drone. Music Review: Floating Along on the Rhythm While Staying Anchored to the Beat 2011-04-20T21:48:56Z The objects of their resentment are the people they see as threatening their position in the pecking order. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Confusing news of the Baywatch movie which – far from needing a lifeline – has been bumped up the pecking order of Paramount projects for next year. Baywatch v Terminator Genisys: The Rock helps the beach movie outmuscle the competition 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Another appears almost completely uncut until you notice a tiny bird pecking its way into the egg at the top. What to look for in Seattle’s National Nordic Museum’s stunning exhibit of intricate papercutting art 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z A second convention of these films concerns the pecking order of white and non-white societies when they come into conflict. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z On a guided walk along a dirt trail that encircles the reservoir, I could see through my binoculars a flock of bar-headed geese pecking at the grass on the far edge of the water. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z In the international pecking order of clowns, Mr. Lubin “ranks way up there in creativity,” Professor Hoh said, since he constantly produces new routines instead of repeating the same act. Barry Lubin, Grandma the Clown, in Final Big Apple Tour 2011-09-20T22:02:29Z So who do they look for in the pecking order? Dharun Ravi says he’s sorry 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z The lovable anthropomorphic helix was shoved down the pecking order, replaced by footage of Jimmy Fallon falling over a lot. Batman's butler: origins and the most pointless prequels imaginable 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z A theater director caught their uncharacteristically reckless public peck and coaxed them to tell their story, distilled from months of interviews. Theater Review: ?I ? Alice ? I? by Amy Conroy at Irish Arts Center 2012-03-05T03:00:00Z Just a little peck on the cheek when saying goodbye. Blind date: ‘She’s funny, friendly and gorgeous’ 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z I do, however, take issue with Mr. McCarthy’s pecking this same note with the assiduousness of the Chinatown chicken. Review: ‘The Moth Snowstorm,’ and Other Natural Bliss-Outs 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Richards slung his arm around the prodigal guitarist, and Taylor pecked his old pal’s cheek. Rolling Stones concert review at United Center 2013-05-29T06:21:00Z “I want it to be removed from Webster’s,” Weiss says of the word on Monday. Part of Sam’s misstep was getting above his appointed place in the league pecking order. NFL Blocks Oprah's Attempt to Make Michael Sam a Reality-TV Star 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “I’m on it,” Bush says, pecking at her phone. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z I’d come home from work, nurse with one arm, and peck out responses to my book editor with my free hand. Modern Love: Is the Husband Going to be the Problem? 2010-08-12T23:00:00Z Sometimes, any touch – a peck when I’m standing by the fridge, a warm caress between the thighs in bed – just feels intrusive. Tears, honesty and flirty games: how we escaped our married sex rut 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Photograph: Harry Redl/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images You can tell where you are in the Hay festival pecking order by when your event is scheduled. A ?6,000 Auden bargain 2010-07-16T14:34:00Z You quickly get the measure of your place in the Hollywood pecking order by the calibre of parties you're invited to. Winner's diary 2011-02-28T16:48:07Z Like those little wrens, they peck away at what others might dismiss as crumbs of their existence. Forget story, plot and character. Filmmaker Jem Cohen’s ‘Counting’ is an experimental marvel. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z We don't see the other partygoers' pecking faces – but, judging by Ben's befuddled expression, neither does he. Director Marc Webb: Why I'm a student of the Graduate 2010-09-02T21:30:00Z You are voluntarily putting yourself in the pecking system. Feel Like a Fraud? 5 Ways to Be More Confident at Work 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Renamed “Town,” this “odd city-state that was not quite company or country” enforces a strict pecking order. A Dystopian Fable About the Unshakable Borders of Class 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The pair’s relationship is easy enough, though the grandmother occasionally reminds her caretaker of the pecking order. Review: Deirdre O’Connell Loses Her Grip on Reality in ‘Terminus’ 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z No one at the Republic of Pie is losing it — the screenwriters keep pecking at their keyboards, the waitresses keep slinging slices of apple and blueberry. Daniel Radcliffe hopes the magic is gone and he'll be taken seriously 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s a peck on the cheek but so perilously close to the mouth that it’s difficult to misread. The straight-washing of “Ben-Hur”: Remake of the ’59 epic drops gay subtext — and beefs up religious themes 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Options for how to act can feel more limited for women trying to make it farther down the pecking order. Tamar Adler and the rise of the quiet cook 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z And I saw the ways in which that school was a very different experience even with my own kids, based on where they found themselves on the academic pecking order within that school. White adults need to watch “America to Me,” the most important show about teens on TV now 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z I initially mistook it for a mindless diversion, one meant to please me, not peck at my conscience. To a Gamer, Minimalism Is a Virtue 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Then she made sure her son was sleeping, pecked him on the cheek, and went to bed. "The front door blew off the hinges": What happens when police raid your home without knocking first 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z It never turned its head around to peck at her fingers. Is This Elephant Bothering You? 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But it's first in my heart, even if it's third in the pecking order of necessity for functioning. How to recork Champagne for long-lasting bubbles 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The kiss was really not much more than a peck. The TV Watch: While British Hew to Tradition, Americans Want to Feel the Love 2011-04-29T19:05:14Z Three friendly goats hoping for a handout of lettuce leaves wander over to the fence that pens them in, while a flock of chickens hunt and peck. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z Yet as the two have continued to ascend in their fame, they also can’t seem to stop pecking at each other. Kim Kardashian won this round of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West feud 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z It offers a grim picture of the ruthless pecking order at an investment bank whose leaders don’t understand the destructive financial instruments they wield with a callous disregard for everyone but themselves. 2011 Films: ?Melancholia,? ?Tree of Life,? ?Moneyball? 2011-12-17T02:03:03Z They have a double date and Lindsay decides she's meant to be with Marky and runs away with him only to be woken up by an ostrich pecking her face. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 1-5 2013-05-26T15:37:26Z He is, comparatively, pragmatic — attuned to his own limitations, mindful of the shifting pecking orders in hip-hop and fashion, interested in coexistence rather than conflict. Into the Wild With Kanye West 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z As he pecked away at his typewriter, his children feared speaking too loudly, laughing too loudly, even urinating too loudly. Review: In ‘My Father, the Pornographer,’ Chris Offutt Opens Up 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Juxtaposing white-collar callousness with brown-collar invisibility, Mr. Russo — who worked as a janitor for 11 years — picks at society’s pecking order with inventive zeal. | 'The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle': Finding Meaning in Cleaning 2010-05-11T22:38:00Z In some cases, Emmanuel attacks the phone while it’s recording — pecking the device to the ground — and he constantly interrupts the social media content creator’s educational videos about animals and farm life. We asked Emmanuel the TikTok-interrupting emu about his sudden fame 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z But readers must work for their reward; this is not a novel to peck at or flick through, but one to read slowly and to savour as a long and fulfilling feast. Axemen 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I watched them alight on big leaves of Swiss chard, where they perched and pecked. Looking back at a hot, soggy mess of a growing season 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z If Jake is highest on the pecking order, it doesn’t mean he can’t pick up a trick or two from the unlucky but talented Harry — or that he’s exempt from fear and rejection. Comic angst, alive and well on Seattle stages 2013-01-31T23:00:10Z "Small, small," says Kate, when offered a peck of pickled pepper at dinner, making the internationally recognised sign for "just a bit". TV review: The Spice Trail, Human Planet 2011-02-18T08:01:00Z Behavioral psychologists say that the most binding schedule is random reinforcement; the pigeon gets a pellet not after every third or seventh peck but at utterly unpredictable intervals. The Bonds Between Sex and Books 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s also true that chipping away at the fantasy of a rigidly hierarchical aesthetic pecking order — a typological crutch for structure junkies — will open up the literary landscape to more writers and readers. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z Chickens are always crossing roads, when they’re not waiting their turn in the pecking order, that is. Frugal Summer: Highs and Lows 2010-09-16T02:13:00Z Unsuspecting chickens peck at scraps, not knowing they might be the next sacrifice. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “He said Louis was trying to play a peck horn when Rena was playing cornet in that band,” Barker later recalled. Giving a Great Jazz Storyteller His Due 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z He never even gives me a peck on the cheek or a pat on the back. My lover, my client 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z Ashley: We hugged at first and then little peck — a cute little goodbye kiss. Date Lab: He noticed her tattoo right away Just a peck on the cheek, as in “I’ll see you again.” Blind date: ‘He let me eat most of the chorizo’ 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z “We’d never questioned this before their claws first grasped our branches and their beaks first pecked our earth.” ‘The Orenda’: blood and vengeance on Canada’s frontier 2014-05-07T20:15:44Z In Australia, a woman died getting an egg When a rooster attacked her and pecked at her leg. Style Invitational Week 1369: Shoot some oops — jokes about typos 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It moved in an involuted swirl, all loopy cymbals and pecking guitars. Music Review: Radiohead at the Roseland Ballroom ? Music Review 2011-09-29T09:36:33Z Why would we have needed to place everyone on a pecking order if we felt a sense of safety and belonging in the first place? Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Depending how you look at it, it’s either the sound of rich irony or of the triumph of being atop the new pecking order. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z The baroque social structure, puzzling pecking order and cacophonous clamor on display made it easy to conjure the inspiration for “Lord of the Flies.” What's it like to hear the L.A. Phil play your music in Disney Hall? Ask these composers, ages 16 to 18 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The setting is lush, the acting from top craftsmen and women, and the directing and writing by a team that was once at the top of Hollywood's pecking order. Anthony Hopkins reaches a "Final Destination" 2010-04-20T18:46:00Z They were pretty high on the pecking order, just because there's the very real worry of: 'What if someone attacks me? 'So I'm a transsexual and this is what's happening' 2012-07-22T19:30:00Z The very idea may sound like a parody of an acting class exercise, but the transitions from walking and speaking to pecking and clucking are sometimes stunning. Review: ‘Chickens in the Yard,’ and Family Conflict, Too 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Those first forays were disastrous, full of fake laughter and fumbling with my car keys to duck anything more than a peck on the cheek. Motherlode Blog: Widowed, and Keeping Dates Like ‘Glamourpuss’ and ‘Crunchy Dad’ at a Distance 2013-07-14T14:02:31Z Instead – spoiler alert – it’s left to nature to establish the pecking order. Jurassic World and Ted 2: an evolutionary leap for animal rights? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z A peck on the cheek sparks a squeamish look. Zhang calls new film a back-to-basics romance 2010-10-07T12:40:00Z Leah Chase, the eldest of eleven children, was raised in rural Madisonville, Louisiana, where her mother would stew with plums the quail that pecked at the family garden. New Orleans’s Queen of Creole Cooking, at Ninety-Three 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z When he appointed Bertone to his senior office, the pope bypassed the usual pecking order of the cliques. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z The dry little pecks on the lips exchanged by Mr. Lerman and Gabriella Wilde, playing the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, are the very opposite of affectionate kisses. | 'The Three Musketeers': ?The Three Musketeers,? With Christoph Waltz - Review 2011-10-21T23:17:20Z While he sings, percussion pecks at offbeats before settling into 4/4, while piano and pizzicato strings continue to pelt him with syncopation. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Even in those notes unattainable by most other sopranos, and even when those notes are held far longer than the pecks requested by most other composers, Ms. Luna’s tone is full. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z And there was a pecking order among the fighters that was determined by their standings in the sport and was sorted in part during sparring sessions. I flipped my “psycho switch”: The surprising rage and fury I felt in the cage with mixed martial arts champions 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z If, for the first time in your life, somebody appears to be below you in the pecking order, make hay: Peck them all you will. Was There a Murder on the Mayflower? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z There's a pecking order among the girls: Janey, the lead bully, bullies the middle girl, who bullies the other. Another view on Kin 2010-12-06T23:34:00Z But, as many will find as the Man Booker prize submission deadline looms, the more impressive names, the further your book will fall down the pecking order. How imprints left a lasting impression | Stuart Evers 2010-03-31T12:00:00Z Watching the birds fight for a chance to peck at the wildebeest’s eyes and entrails seemed to me a sufficient reminder of the precarious state of life in the wild. Personal Journeys : In East Africa, Safaris That Leave a Lighter Footprint 2014-01-31T18:49:41Z The turkey is stuffed: I waited until one died naturally and got it out before the other turkeys started pecking at it. Adi Nes's best photograph: a man, a turkey and an imaginary village 2012-12-12T17:42:14Z Unless Covid-19 causes longer-term closures or serious attendance issues in cinemas, the chains remain confident they will return to the top of the pecking order for film releases. Studios bypass cinemas with lucrative lockdown premieres 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Both played on the desperation and vanity of stars in a world where pecking order is paramount and the best table at the Ivy is everything. Laugh Lines: from Bob Martin to Extras 2010-04-22T16:29:00Z Or your fingers can peck out a “melodic” sequence of sounds and words that almost tell a coherent story. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The brown-feathered, yellow-footed bird wandered the stage at Jack, pecking at the scuffed wooden floor as the drama “They Are Gone but Here Must I Remain” played out around it. Review: ‘They Are Gone’ Is Kathryn Hamilton’s Play About Protest and Apathy 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Chickens peck and goats munch on it in a fairly obvious image of our congressional barnyard. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z It understands the absurdities of the corporate pecking order and the fear and loathing of employees who are terrified of losing their jobs. Movie Review: ‘Price Check,’ a Comedy by Michael Walker 2012-11-16T01:05:39Z A sofa cuddle, a goodbye peck on the cheek. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 7: The Clothes Make the Man 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z They couldn't fly or roost, they laid eggs without making so much as a peep and they fearfully pecked at their food during mealtime. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z And indeed, Cattelan lives a strangely modest life, especially for an artist at the very top of the international pecking order. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Except the Vampire Diaries was better than all of them, certainly superior to the gratuitous, tryhard True Blood and second only to Buffy in the all-time pecking order. Better than Buffy? Spare a thought for the Vampire Diaries 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z These glimpses, pecked away by fingers or thumbs in fleeting moments and amplified only when their significance becomes known, are spurring people to more publicly share spontaneous thoughts about moments of life and death. Colo. victims tweets give insight on life, death 2012-07-22T20:01:04Z I started shrugging instead of stressing if my kids were late for school, and I began engaging wholly with my family after work instead of opening a computer to peck distractedly at a lingering task. Does happiness in your 50s signal the end of ambition? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But in the high school pecking order, both are outsiders. Review: In ‘Being 17,’ 2 Boys Teeter Between Animosity and Attraction 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Located in the heart of the Quarter, the Rotonde had a huge terrace, a bohemian clientele and a strict pecking order. More Than a Muse 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z That last phrase was directed at Bau, who was eyeballing a pigeon that was pecking at someone’s trash on the sidewalk. Relishing the Part of a Dog?s Best Friend 2011-04-21T13:56:58Z But when those decisions about pecking order are premised on gender and race, surely it’s not ego to protest? Taraji P Henson: 'I'm glad I kept my ego in check' 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z A second date ignited chemistry, but upon parting, Mr. Kleeman offered a peck on the cheek. Love Sets Sail, Come Rain or Come Shine 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z New York’s hottest club is ding-dong. 2-year old pecking Yugoslavian club promoter Dirk Terrific is back with a club that answers the question, SHIATSU?????!?!? As ?SNL? season ends, signs of a coming shift 2012-05-16T04:30:00Z But they share a big similarity: each is set in a white-collar, profit-driven workplace with a partnership structure and a hierarchical pecking order. Earning It: Office Darwinism on Mad Men and The Good Wife 2013-04-22T14:31:05Z “I think what would be great here is a hug,” Hurwitz says, putting his hands on Cera’s shoulders, pulling him in and giving him a gentle peck on the cheek. Dead Tree Alert: It’s Not TV. On the Set of the New Arrested Development 2013-05-09T11:17:23Z This broken down satyr with a gift for the shimmering line may peck away religiously at his typewriter, but it’s all over except the drinking, drugging and groping. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “I want to do things that encourage people pecking at their phones to look up,” she said. SODO Track: Dozens of artists from around the world create two miles of outdoor murals in Seattle 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He leans in as if to peck her on the cheek, but pauses and announces, “It’s the ‘Me Too’ movement — I only give air kisses!” The 2016 election inspired her to run for Congress — as an unapologetic Trump supporter 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Where do they fit in the pecking order? The Profound Modesty of Good Dolcetto 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z They chatted about an hour on a park bench, and before Mr. Eifert ducked into a nearby subway, Mr. Davies-Griffith gave him a peck on the cheek. Fireworks on the Fourth? Try a Pair of Proposals 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Geese — those stalwart defenders of ancient Rome, whose alarmed honking stopped Gallic invaders from sneaking on the Capitoline Hill — peck at the grass. The 2,300-year-old philosophy stoicism has enjoyed a revival of late, including in Silicon Valley 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps distance allows me to write this – though I have struggled; to navigate the complexity, to feel entitled to speak, to fight off a vulture-ish sensation of pecking at the morsels of another’s life. Should I be ashamed of my grandfather? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Youngsoon, who lives with a roommate in a rural area, tells Gamhee about a neighbor’s rooster, who harasses the hens, jumping on their backs and pecking at their necks. ‘The Woman Who Ran’ Review: Conversations With Friends 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Inquiries about model and size are pecked into a tracking device, which transmits a message to unseen runners in a hidden warehouse somewhere deep in the Macy’s infrastructure. Critical Shopper: At Macy’s, Shoes Reign on the Second Floor 2012-10-02T21:36:00Z Instead of forming genuine relationships, we burn out our empathy, grace, gentleness, creativity and insight, performing comparisons, building pecking orders, seeking validation. Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z It was at the end of the first Elizabethan age that Shakespeare's Iago said: "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at." The new Elizabethan age: the arts, architecture, fashion and technology 2012-05-30T19:00:12Z In her 1963 book, “Black Sheep, White Lamb,” she wrote of a woman who “pecked over her obsessions like a crow at a corpse.” Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Suspense Novelist, Dies at 98 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z About his place in the pecking order, he’s cagier. Eric Schaeffer: As his Signature Theatre celebrates its 25th year, any regrets? She gave me a hug and a little nervous peck on the cheek like a prude schoolgirl might. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z "There are quips about coalitions and the perils of a hung parliament," he remarks approvingly, "and nearly all the characters peck away at BlackBerrys." What to say about ... Yes, Prime Minister 2010-05-25T10:21:00Z As the night progressed, an unspoken pecking order emerged. The Carpetbagger: Party Pecking Order 2012-01-20T14:00:33Z Hunched over their devices, they pecked away at the keyboards and waited for the words to be converted into sound by voice output software. For those with autism, documentary offers new hope 2011-03-27T18:01:04Z They would've had a supportive role, and their position would've been progressively lower down the pecking order, as Louis, and Charlotte, and George, all came into maturity. Meghan Markle "excites controversy" — Andrew Morton on the galvanizing power of the People's Duchess 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Rick, meanwhile, moved things along with Jessie, getting a little buzzed himself and giving her a meaningful — and not unappreciated — peck on the cheek. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Don't Mess with Carol 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z He ushered me to my car instead, where he bent down and gave me a peck on the head accompanied by a loving, but definite, shooing motion. My U-Turn From Isolation to Intimacy 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Salon spoke to Prinstein by phone about adolescent pecking orders, the popularity of and ire toward our 45th president and why we don’t all need to go to finishing school as grown-ups. Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z In the long-established pecking order of fats laid down over many years by public health officials, trans fats are classed as the least healthy. Coconut oil: are the health benefits a big fat lie? 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z As an adult, when she finally submits to Nino’s courtship, they peck each other innocently on the cheek and forehead, like two curious robins. “Amélie” Arrives on Broadway 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z |
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