fish
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One classmate decided it’d be fun to raid my cubbyhole, fish out my report card, read it aloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researchers observed eight different types of coral, along with eight fish species using the reef for shelter and feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
A while back, for instance, Friday Ashlie decided Monday Ashlie would make banana leaf-wrapped fish.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
It requires students to be offered at least two portions of vegetables and one portion of fruit every day and oily fish must be served at least once every three weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Torak turned over and over like a dead fish.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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“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
Watson, who fishes on the Dylharis, said the industry took its responsibilities seriously.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Celtic art occupies a fluid, timeless plane where birds, fishes, dragons, gods, humans and pure motion continually morph and merge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
We humans eat seven fishes on Christmas Eve, samosas on Eid al-Fitr and maple cookies behind the moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
From the air sharks could be seen moving in, attracted by the helpless and dying fishes in the water.
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
There’s a predictable resistance of In my day we fished with a wooden stick and a bottle cap and caught fish the size of Buicks, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Still, he could salvage something, he said, pointing to his son as he fished out boxes of herbal treatments from under the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
For generations, Seynabou Tall's ancestors have fished, dived and rowed off the coast of Dakar, where the 14-year-old, who quit school nearly four years ago, is now learning to surf.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Then he fished a raisin out of his mouth and added it to the pile on the seat.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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Newsom made the comment in an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, during which the two men are standing knee-deep in a body of water while fishing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
As for fish, settlers had begun introducing non-native species by the late 1800s for sport fishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Historical accounts describe the sea falling by about one meter in Antibes and Cannes, leaving fishing boats stranded.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The retirement myth of endless golf games or fishing trips melting into decades of elder bliss has been crumbling for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Daisy sighed and said, “Jay Berry, I just don’t know about you. I learn things by reading. If you would read something besides those old hunting and fishing stories, you might learn something, too.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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