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oyster

[oi-ster] / ˈɔɪ stər /






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Long lost oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland have been rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The research team will now trial the feasibility of a mobile oyster hatchery, in the hope it could both supply oyster larvae to coastal communities and help rebuild oyster beds in various areas.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

My supermarket fairly regularly discounts a “gourmet blend” of cremini, shiitake and oyster mushrooms, and I love it.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

The walls had that iridescent quality of polished oyster shells.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Harvesting bivalves, like clams, oysters, scallops and mussels, is especially sustainable because these species do not require feed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented, as well as confirming oysters could have been present at other sites on Mull and Islay.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

That’s close to how you pronounce the new starter at quarterback there, Tyler Shough, whose last name sounds like “shuck,” as in shucking oysters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Are raw oysters more acceptable to you than a dish of boiled dog? Evidently not.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Ms. Gunderson is also well served by much of the cast, particularly Mr. McNall, an Off Broadway treasure who was until recently oystered away at the Pearl Theater.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

The state closed the western half of its oystering area in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed two small but productive areas in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2022

Hartsfield has been reduced to oystering part time, making the rest of his living fishing for shrimp.

From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2020

People still earned a living mostly from fishing, oystering, and trapping.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019

He spent half an hour unsuccessfully searching by feel in the muck, then remembered that the dock he was at was owned by a waterman who did some oystering.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2017

There were only a few more days of oystering left that winter of ’44.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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