clam
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A few kilometres closer to the sea, clam fishermen are also struggling with soaring June temperatures.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
“Males tend to think differently and we have a different language. There needs to be a different approach to get over their walls, their filters, their denials. The guys clam up.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The West Hollywood clam shack conjures Rhode Island on the West Coast, be it with clams of all kinds, lobster cooked just right or oysters treated with reverence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
China declared it a national nature reserve and has banned giant clam harvesting—tactics analysts say are designed to harden its territorial claim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Mr. Shine looked like he’d swallowed a bad clam.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
In contrast, only about half of mollusks, including clams and snails, disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Conservationists say this and other extraordinary deep-sea snails, limpets, mussels and clams could be threatened by plans to mine valuable minerals from the deep seabed.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
They must also clear algae from the nets protecting clams from invasive blue crabs, which arrived from North America in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
One night he treated friends to shrimp, clams, fried potatoes and ouzo on the waterfront, upsetting elderly, likely famished, passersby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
That evening, when the tide was low and the muddy sandbars appeared among puddles of water, as far as a hundred yards out, they gathered clams.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Normally so open in his media conferences, Amorim clammed up when he was asked to explain something he said on Christmas Eve about his preferred style of play.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
However, he clammed up when Welker asked him to share other methods in which he might stay on.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
“There was a dreadful silence, and they literally clammed up. It was incredibly unnerving for the White House and the Pentagon.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
So the moment I downloaded MeowTalk Cat Translator, a mobile app that promised to convert Momo’s meows into plain English, she clammed right up.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
They clammed up and stood aside as Tally passed, as if she were contagious.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
He made a living through clamming and oystering but also ran a small business called “Better Tree Service.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
We would go crabbing, occasionally catch fish, and also clamming.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023
Here’s a refresher on everything you need to know about razor clamming with the fam.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
For successful clamming, bring a clam shovel or specialized tube and net to store your haul.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
Hatsue had looked at him, hard, for a long moment, the clamming rake clutched in her hand.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
