For centuries, miners have been taking canary birds down into their mines to warn them of potential disaster. From LearnThat.org.
I am no philosopher, but just a plain canary-bird. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The Arctic is often described as the canary in the coal mine. From Wordnik.com. [frogblog] Reference
I think the island canary is dead and they are right at a brick wall. From Wordnik.com. [How to Make Readers Stick Like Velcro | Write to Done] Reference
If they are both about the same, then it could be the canary is getting ready to sing. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Is Karl Rove Still Leaking?] Reference
Every symptom we see, we interpret that as reinforcement of why the canary is inferior. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
Very handsome, the upper cabinets faced in canary-yellow laminate, the lower with lacquered, unstained apple-ply. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson] Reference
Just keep Hal's team with the possible additions of Zatanna and Black canary from the current team, and you have a team worth reading!. From Wordnik.com. [Robinson, Bagley named JLA creative team | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
"" The miner's canary is an important metaphor for connecting means to end and connecting to race and the way we rethink the role of race. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
I have a canary, which is the only live pet I ever had. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
The corporate equivalent of the canary is the star employee. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Carrot Principle] Reference
The American Goldfinch sometimes is called a canary because of its bright colors. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
A few shelves of books, a sketch or two, and a bird-cage with a canary were the only attempts at ornament. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
He had to sing like a "canary" to get that sentence. From Wordnik.com. [No Jail Time for Ludlow] Reference
Gary Webb was a kind of canary in the American mine shaft. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Why Journalist Gary Webb Died] Reference
The name "canary" comes from the canary Islands in Northeast Africa, to which the bird is native. From Wordnik.com. [Canary Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference
Now, let's say that the "canary" is able to provide Haleigh's whereabouts. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger News Network] Reference
Kennedy's torn between his love for "canary" and the highest post of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
This car was one of 80 slapped with a 'canary' in the police operation last night. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
"We're the canary in the coal mine," Adamson said. From Wordnik.com. [Liquid Gold] Reference
Well, TBD is something of a canary in the coal mine. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Mirkinson: TBD.com: A First Day Look] Reference
The Euro, a feather from my dead canary Reginald, the. From Wordnik.com. [Kronos and Thorns] Reference
Like the canary who is impacted by the gas leak first. From Wordnik.com. [Elaine Hall: I Love Autism] Reference
"They're just the canary in the mine shaft," says Moore. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Did ‘Taxi to the Dark Side’ Earn at the American Box Office?] Reference
The stark canary-yellow cab stood out in the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Man Loses Life] Reference
The Big Apple is the canary in this garbage-filled coal mine. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: New Trash City] Reference
Robert Dallek looks like the proverbial canary-swallowing cat. From Wordnik.com. [Dallek On Caro: 'I Don't Have A Vendetta'] Reference
"Think of Twitter as the canary in the coal mine," says Johnston. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-One Top Twitter Tips] Reference
"Anson is the canary in the mine shaft," says a government official. From Wordnik.com. [Hong Kong's Canary] Reference
When the canary dies for lack of oxygen, he says, beware of trouble ahead. From Wordnik.com. [A Souring Relationship] Reference
California is the canary in the coal mine ... and the CO2 is building up fast. From Wordnik.com. [Alison van Diggelen: Californian Leader Slams Proposal to Scrap Climate Legislation] Reference
Big bank stocks have acted like a canary in the coal mine, failing to do much since a year ago. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Baker: Bernanke to World: "We're Going to Fiddle While Rome Burns"] Reference
This brutal, violent, fiercely angry work doesn't have a nightingale in it, but there is a canary. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Menagerie] Reference
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