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clam

[klam] / klæm /
NOUN
bivalve living in ocean
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“My go-to recipe is a little bit different than your typical clam chowder,” Matijevich says.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

The question prompts Epstein to clam up: “Send me a number to call I don’t like records of these conversations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

As a result, the European Union has completely banned harvesting the clam.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

“It may just be a picture that was taken after lunch, and he has a piece of Windsor clam or something in there, I don’t know.”

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Then she shuts up like a clam, she does.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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