fish for

Example Sentences

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Parents may now be forced to choose between prison time and helping Hong Kong authorities fish for evidence to bring national-security charges against their children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

Since they’re right by the river, in between church services, they also learn how to kayak and fish for bass.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

Try to pick out one particular fish for a conversation, but they’re swarming, so I keep losing ’em in the crowd.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick