whale
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Numbers of these 16-foot-long marine mammals, hunted for their oil, meat, and baleen, had fallen to an estimated low of 1,200 animals in the North Pacific—a heavily whaled region—by the 1960s.
From National Geographic • Sep. 28, 2023
Today’s blue whales find themselves in a whaled and warming ocean.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2020
Facing Erin's 7,800-plus yards but massively wide fairways—60 yards in some cases—players whaled away with impunity when typical winds failed to blow.
From Golf Digest • Jun. 4, 2018
Sock, whose nicknames are "J Sizzle" and "Showtime," whaled away on everything.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2014
We've whaled all the chaff out of the old straw, but it doesn't do any good.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
Vocabulary lists containing whale
Marine Biology - Introductory
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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