scallop
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BBC Scotland's Disclosure's programme, Slavery At Sea, identified 35 men who worked on the fleet of scallop trawlers and went on to be recognised by the UK Home Office as victims of modern slavery.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, the scallop and soup examples I mentioned above came, respectively, from Ed Yong’s “An Immense World,” about animal perception, and Sam Kean’s “The Disappearing Spoon”—of which I have completed 87% so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Tempus even tucks in recipe cards, an apron, sea salt and scallop shells to make indulging as easy as can be.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
More than 100 of the cubes have already been used at a scallop farm in Torbay.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The octopus was flopped and all forlorn on the bottom sand, trying to pry open a scallop.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
With G&T, dinners showcase Dorset’s homegrown ingredients at their best: delicate hand-dived scallops from Lyme Bay, organic salads scattered with edible flowers, puddings as light as cherry blossoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
From there, the menu moves to the restaurant’s specialties: hand-cut steaks aged in-house, sautéed scallops and pan-fried walleye.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
The eight-armed creatures eat shellfish such as lobster, crabs and scallops so the Wildlife Trusts has warned that if population numbers remain high, both fishing and eating habits may have to change.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
The eight-armed cephalopods eat shellfish such as lobster, crabs and scallops so the Wildlife Trusts warn that if population numbers remain high, both fishing and eating habits may have to change.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
Still there were scallops that the gulls could reach, and taking them in their beaks they would fly far above the reef and let them drop.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
The scalloped bonnethead was last seen in Mexico in 1994, while the scoophead was last documented in 2007.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
Once I got the rhythm down, I began to experiment: a fringe here, a scalloped edge there, even the terrifying act of turning a corner.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor's practice in Australia.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
“The sun had gotten near to the tops of the far mountains and the light scalloped their broken edges, spilling toward us a flood of burning silver,” Mr. Chappell writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The duct tape does nothing to hide the offensive olive-green flower pattern that’s stitched into the worn yellow velour covering her cushions and scalloped back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
For the adventurous and industrious, from October to March, the town sells $50-a-week shellfish permits for recreational scalloping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Brown was working with a vocabulary that she called “delicate aberrations,” and small-scale gestures repeatedly catch the eye, like palms carving the air in a scalloping motion, or a forearm folding into a rib.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
When my kids were younger, I always took them scalloping.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the William Lee docks, scalloping season begins in April.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2021
Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
