flipper
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Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific can now get an up-close look at Meatloaf, a rescued green sea turtle undergoing rehabilitation after a serious flipper injury, according to officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Adams said they’re trying to do reconstructive surgery on the nerve-damaged flipper to make it as functional as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
In fact, as with Porkchop, it was wound tightly around her front right flipper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
His body was vaguely like a seal’s—sleek black with flipper hands and feet.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
While foreclosure filings of distressed properties—the kind flippers look for—were up 17% in the third quarter of 2025 versus the same time last year, these investors continue to face major challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
They raise part of their bodies above the water, open their mouths and move their front flippers in an excited pattern.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
That’s partly because homeowners in distress are now selling to third-party buyers such as home flippers and independent real-estate investors, rather than to banks.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
Earlier in 2024, Essex County Council stressed it did not provide swimming equipment after a sign suggesting it would hand out flippers, masks and snorkels appeared at an underpass near the city centre.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
He twisted around and looked at his bare feet — they had become elongated and the toes were webbed too: It looked as though he had sprouted flippers.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
