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fish for

VERB
look for; hint
Synonyms
WEAK
angle angle (for) elicit hope for hunt for invite search for seek solicit try to evoke

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After tracking each fish for its entire life, the team grouped them by lifespan and then looked back to identify when behavioral differences first appeared.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

He said Beckstrom loved to hunt and fish for bass and bluegill and ride four-wheelers on trails through the mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Kawahara had planned to fish for tuna near Oregon, Brown said, and then planned to fish for salmon.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

The agency says anglers in England and Wales aged 13 or over must have a rod fishing licence to fish for freshwater species and can be fined if they do not have one.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

We ate smoked fish for dinner with boiled dogtooth violet bulbs.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George