fish
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They suffer from elevated nutrient levels, which can lead to the growth of algae, depriving fish and other aquatic life of oxygen.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
We didn’t have whales, just freshwater fish like alewifes, which stunk up the beaches with annual die-offs that occurred in huge numbers.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The decline also threatens organisms across aquatic food webs, from microscopic life to fish and sharks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Balds — fish lovers themselves — can consume hooks and sinkers when they gobble down their prey, potentially poisoning them, Koh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Then he’d reach down under the log and grab a fish in his big bare hands.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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"We lost 85% of the marine prairies, and we saw the fishes on the shore looking for oxygen, and these images were horrible," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Watson, who fishes on the Dylharis, said the industry took its responsibilities seriously.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
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
His only happy moments, since that remote afternoon when his father had taken him to see ice, had taken place in his silver workshop where he passed the time putting little gold fishes together.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"I just remember looking into the river and seeing all these dead fish and I knew something was seriously wrong, I haven't fished in it since then, it's never been the same," Scullion said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Jenkin puts together his bespoke films like tactile, fragile curiosities — it’s as if the battered reels have been fished out of the water, their origin unknown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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 moved to Las Cuevas, where he fished and worked in construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The newspaper was fished out of trash cans, section by section, and I was always on the lookout for a good chicken-back recipe.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The congressional investigation flopped like a soccer player fishing to draw a red card, finally concluding in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Animals consistently show fear when people pose a direct lethal threat, such as through hunting or fishing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
But Greenpeace said the project will only "create temporary jobs while undermining existing livelihoods in fishing, tourism and small-scale local economies".
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Back when Mom, Jonah, and I first moved here when I was eleven, Pops would find me almost every day after school, fishing off the end of his dock.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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