whale
Example Sentences
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This year, seven whales have already died during whale season, which peaks this month.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
“A whale desk will protect these magnificent creatures and help mariners avoid costly, harrowing collisions. Together, let’s Save Willy.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The previous humpback travel record was held by a whale that swam more than 13,000 km from Colombia's Pacific coast to Zanzibar off eastern Africa.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Like Herman Melville’s Pequod, the Mentor sought the sperm whale and its barrels of valuable oil.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
That was one whale of a story all right, but I didn’t know of anybody in Sassafras Springs called Buddy.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing whale
Marine Biology - Introductory
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Marine Biology - High School
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