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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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“These companies, they’re like a shark, they have to keep moving,” said Christopher Whalen of the credit-markets research and advisory firm Whalen Global Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Ongoing studies at the Shark Lab suggest that there might actually be a correlation between the high number of people in the ocean and the relatively low number of shark bites.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The young shark measured about 210 cm in length and weighed roughly 80-90 kg.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, compared the terms of student loans "to something that a loan shark would offer".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

A man with wideset eyes like a hammerhead shark nibbles on his bioloaf.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera