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fishing

noun as in angling

Strongest match

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Behind him, the fishing village he has called home his entire life has been destroyed, along with his livelihood.

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I often ask myself, sometimes while fishing a grain of cooked rice out of my stretched-out sports bra.

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Land was humanity’s greatest asset for almost all of history, but collectively, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting accounted for less than 1% of U.S. gross domestic product in 2024.

She recollects fishing Vogue magazines out of trash cans around age 6 and feeling “a deep affinity” with the images on their pages.

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To appreciate fully the outrageousness of this fishing expedition, remember the original setting for the Smith probe.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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