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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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An angel in board shorts on a surfboard jumping a great white shark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"We caught half a yellowfin tuna once because a tiger shark took the other half," laughed Rob.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The final section of amphibians, insects and fish, has: the Atlantic salmon, the basking shark, the buff-tailed bumblebee, the common frog, the Emperor dragonfly, and the marsh fritillary butterfly.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“The shark nets, to be honest, in my opinion it’s pointless,” said Rob Renald, 41, who works in oil and gas, and lives about a mile from the Club Med beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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




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