fish
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The body makes creatine naturally, and it is also found in foods including meat and fish.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Catholics believe that in 1717, three fishermen watched in wonder as their nets spilled over with fish after they rescued a wooden statue of Our Lady of Aparecida from the river.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Mercury contamination, toxic algal blooms and invasive fishes have threatened a rare and revered local fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
He once climbed into a dumpster to fish out one of the wheelchairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
My cousin shakes her head as if she’s been offered a plate of fish guts.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
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
Will Shugg, who fishes from Mevagissey, has been taking part in the trial as well as voluntarily having cameras monitoring his catches.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
John van Rooyen regularly surfs and spear fishes at the Tinley Manor beach, about 2 miles from where he lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Manufacturers’ tests on the common laboratory animals — rats, dogs, guinea pigs — include no wild species, no birds as a rule, no fishes, and are conducted under controlled and artificial conditions.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Bigeye trevally are fished in many parts of the world, but here they are relatively safe.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"I've lived here for 25 years and the water has never been this low," said pensioner Mitica Nicolae from Corabia as he fished in an irrigation canal close to the river.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 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
He moved to Las Cuevas, where he fished and worked in construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
He fished out a brass skeleton key with a tiny kohlrabi at the end.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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The hijacked tanker was anchored near the Somali coast between the fishing towns of Xaafun and Bander Beyla.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The eye of the storm barreled over the peninsular fishing village of Las Barrancas, which was largely unreachable after a swollen river caused a highway bridge to collapse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A visit to Saint-Tropez occasions a portrait of a “sleepy little fishing village” in the years before Coco Chanel and Pablo Picasso arrived on the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
As he switched it off a sound lingered, the shadow of a hum—like another fishing boat in the distance.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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