clam

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Red Inlet Style Clam Chowder is one of the best chowders I have ever had the pleasure of tasting.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Additional remains were found at Clam Beach in Humboldt County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

WALDOBORO, Maine — Clam diggers visit Elaine and Ralph Johnston’s hardware store in the coastal town of Waldoboro for shellfish rakes and waders.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022

The benches vary as much as the locales — from a wagon-wheel seat outside a restaurant in Jackson Hole, Wyo., to a natural resting place dubbed Clam Rock in White Pocket, Utah.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

Clam out on the street looking like somebody.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker