fish
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“You might pull in a tiny fish or you might pull in a whale.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Police Scotland said it was believed the fishermen had sailed from Brevaig in Lewis at about 07:30 on Tuesday before travelling to the Port of Ness area to fish.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
By the time the servers get all the plates out of the catering kitchen, the steak or fish is often cold.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
She hummed as she measured and marked her charts, and she sang so loudly when she climbed Lookout Palm to check for sails that a seagull dropped his fish.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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Now, when you think about the miracle of the fishes and the loaves in each of the four first books of the New Testament, it’s that important.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mercury contamination, toxic algal blooms and invasive fishes have threatened a rare and revered local fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I ran into a tiki bar one time. That wasn’t too good,” said Derrick Hoy, 55, who fishes scallops in the Atlantic on a different vessel from Crusher, the 30-foot boat he competes with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mike had previously collaborated with Ewan on several studies involving fossil fishes and sharks from New Zealand, and he soon began investigating the unusual specimen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
One, as we have seen, relates to the fishes of running streams in northern forests and to the single problem of forest spraying.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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The debate over FFS grew so rancorous that Bassmaster decided that this year’s Elite Series would be split in half–half of the tournaments would be fished with FFS, and the half would prohibit FFS completely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Jacobs fished out the long mink her grandmother left her years ago and took it to a Manhattan furrier to give it a second act.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
He says that his brother fished and planted crops, but travelled to Trinidad for better pay.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Jonah fished a pen out of his own backpack.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Pacific Island countries with small populations have struggled to patrol millions of kilometres of Pacific Ocean to combat illegal fishing fleets from Asia and the passage of "narco subs" deployed from South America.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
After a series of drone attacks on ships off the coast, the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a new immediacy for residents of Krapets, a tiny Bulgarian Black Sea fishing village.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I'm fishing and I'm able to get out and about. I'm able to go out with my friends again and enjoy myself, albeit not to the same extent, but I'm still happy."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Fixating on my fishing rod, I had allowed the idling machine to bottom out in the shell spoil, some of which got sucked into the intake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Jack had made it for her birthday and taught her to cast the line in a whistling arc—the best part of fishing, Nim thought.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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