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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

Toasty ocean temperatures have been linked to a great white shark sighting in Newport Beach that prompted a temporary beach closure Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"By shedding light on the biology and ecology of the great white shark, research can help replace unfounded myths with genuine understanding."

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

Then, seeing Christopher’s face: “It’s a kind of shark; it sucks ships down beneath the water. There never used to be many—one or two a year, perhaps. But the numbers are growing. This way.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell