mermaid
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Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
But it’s also full of colorful songwriting, of Shires doing tarot with a mermaid, wandering New York listening to Billy Joel or catching her now-former partner behaving nonchalantly on a home security camera.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
In 2018, Spectrum agreed a deal with Disney for a Little Mermaid collection inspired by mermaid princess Ariel.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
A graceful mermaid swimming around in an industrial-strength water treatment plant in Lithuanian artist Emilija Škarnulytė’s film “Riparia” becomes a perilous siren, luring the unsuspecting to the rocks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
In her mermaid costume, Zora lay on the wet strip of outdoor carpeting, waiting to go on after me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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