pigeons

plural of pigeon

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pigeons Brower and Simone learned that pigeons were a common source of food for people thousands of years ago and used the sun, and probably the earth's magnetic field, for navigation. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026 As if triggered by this thought, the door buzzed itself open, startling the pigeons from wire to wing, a grand scattering. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 According to a spokesperson with the county's Animal Enforcement Services, 28 pigeons, three goats, two chickens, and one duck were found deceased near Cottonwood Drive at Fargo Place along the South River Trail. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Quotidian urban characters are transformed into objects of embellishment and desire, with faux fur, sequins, pizza rats, pigeons, bodega snacks, paint splatters and towering leopard platforms showcased through a luxury lens. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 Seventeen pigeons played Intruder, the name that Burstyn’s character gives to her flying friend. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 According to Northwest Exterminating, pigeons are especially partial to nesting on your roof, chimneys, window sills, ledges, or under the eaves of your house. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeons
Noun
  • More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
  • One was a regional distributor of garbage trucks, street sweepers, and sewer suckers for municipalities.
    — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Adults learn to surface with only their heads exposed, keeping their backs underwater and out of reach of the gulls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Brown pelicans, double-crested cormorants, western gulls, and more than two dozen other species stop over on Anacapa.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • One boat was traveling from Ubangi, in the northwest, to the capital of Kinshasa, and the other from Kinshasa to Lukolela, close to where the collision happened, Mputu said, and added that search efforts continue to find more victims and survivors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • His National Film Board of Canada film goes beyond numbers to humanize the Iranian-Canadian victims of Flight PS752 who have long slipped from news headlines, even as their families continue an uphill battle to hold Iran accountable.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Pigeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeons. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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