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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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It has also urged residents to report any shark sightings, local media report.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

To put that in to perspective, dying of a shark attack in a lifetime has odds of one in 4.3 million, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History, home to the shark attack register.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There’s no sign the standoff over South Africa’s first new shark net in two decades will delay the resort’s planned opening in July, but the clock is ticking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

While I still thought my mom was crazy for swimming with sharks, I wondered what it would look like to see those fins in action, to see a shark moving through the water.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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