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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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“These companies, they’re like a shark, they have to keep moving,” said Christopher Whalen of the credit-markets research and advisory firm Whalen Global Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“As we speak, a juvenile white shark is swimming underneath a surfer or swimmer somewhere in Southern California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"By shedding light on the biology and ecology of the great white shark, research can help replace unfounded myths with genuine understanding."

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, compared the terms of student loans "to something that a loan shark would offer".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

I looked at the drawings of the shark teeth, the rows and rows, just waiting in line to pop forward.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen