cockle

Example Sentences

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“This tells us that all of those nearly identical cancers came from a single cockle in the past,” Metzger said.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

She hopes new cockle research will help explain how changing ocean acidity and marine heat affect the transmission or lethal effects of the cancer, and offer methods to protect other native shellfish.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

He was speaking from Rio where he is installing his follow-up work, 10,000 Lives, about the world of the Chinese cockle pickers who drowned on Morecambe Bay in 2004.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2016

The story of how 23 Chinese cockle pickers lost their lives in Morecambe Bay is to be made into a musical.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2016

Onion skin bond, cockle finish, 9 lb. weight cut into strips for use; tissue paper.

From Mending and Repair of Books by Brown, Margaret Wright