dolphin
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Except for the part where they pluck and prune themselves into the hairlessness of a dolphin; “Love is Blind’s” Zack Goytowski and “Love Island’s” Zach Georgiou both cop to shaving their legs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The mammals are: the bottlenose dolphin, the brown hare, the European hedgehog, the grey seal, the pine martin and the red fox.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
He wouldn’t say if the U.S. had dolphin assets in the water.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
The first suspected case of a grey seal killing a common dolphin has been recorded in Wales.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
He put his fingers to his mouth and whistled, which sounded strange underwater—like a dolphin screaming.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
In 2026, our paragons of masculinity are brooding, burly—and smooth as dolphins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
I picked him up at Los Angeles International Airport and took him straight to Zuma Beach for a picnic, where we watched dolphins jumping in the waves while the seagulls stole our potato chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
In contrast, fishermen working with dolphins may interpret different dolphin behaviors as cues for when to cast their nets, and those signals can vary from one region to another.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Some scientists are concerned the pingers will only work in the short term - before dolphins get used to the noise and possibly even associate the noise with fishing.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
You see, the dolphins knew exactly how to attract seabirds.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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