shoals
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He got the call in mid-September, on his way home from a business trip tracking shoals of mackerel to aid fishing vessels.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Bartram's and Altamaha bass are native to flowing river systems, where they typically inhabit pools and fast-moving areas near rocky shoals.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
So after a rewrite, Mary Richards launches her best life from the shoals of a broken engagement instead.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
When the water was all gone, there they were caught in the meshes and among the paddy, shoals of them leaping madly, wet and silver and good to look upon.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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