oyster

Example Sentences

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Graham Platner, a 41-year-old combat veteran and oyster farmer from a town of 1,000, is leading two-term Gov. Janet Mills by more than 30 points in the most recent poll.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

At tree-lined White Point Garden, at the peninsula’s tip, city workers were relining paths with crushed oyster shells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Other edible mushrooms in California that are far more recognizable — and don’t have dangerous lookalikes — include the chicken of the woods, oyster mushroom and honey mushroom, Diaz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"But damaging their shells may increase oyster death rates."

From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025

He vomited when he turned a corner and saw the construction site of the Capitol, emptying his guts from either a bad oyster or the hugeness of the thing stirring rebellion in his very being.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead