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This isn’t the only thing going on this summer that gives me that ominous fin de siècle feeling.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Tide tables have become the stuff of national interest, and rare moments when the exhausted whale has blown water or flapped its fin have warranted breaking news bulletins.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

At Blossom, Wang ordered a dinner worth nearly $2,500 that included shark fin soup, Peking duck and Kobe beef.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

When GPX4 works properly, it positions a short protein loop -- described as a "fin" -- inside the inner surface of the neuronal membrane.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

Mr. Staphopoulos had fur on his toes and fin: all down his back.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

She often posts footage of her touching sharks and holding their dorsal fins.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The sharks have huge fins that are desirable in some parts of the world, they don’t fare well if caught accidentally and released and are facing “extreme declines” due to overfishing, Talwar said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

More high-quality footage is needed, particularly clear views of dorsal fins and eye patches, which can be used to identify individual animals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

The hapless sunfish can weigh up to 2,000 kilograms and is distinct for both its size and peculiar shape featuring a flattened body and fins.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

He pointed towards the middle of the river where two huge back fins rose out of the water and splashed upstream.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The first lobe finned fish that developed limbs capable of supporting movement on land still relied heavily on aquatic environments.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026

The finned culprit “nipped” at the unidentified 54-year-old swimmer, causing non-life-threatening injuries to the man’s leg and foot, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Adam VanGerpen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Magnus wrote in his 1555 book they were 200-feet long with broad, forked tails and finned feet, with faces resembling warthogs and dual blow-holes on the top of their heads.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2023

State media released a photo of a missile mounted with a finned, cone-shaped payload soaring into the air while leaving a trial of bright orange flames.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

The minute he got his hands on it, the fish finned him and he went to crying.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

A global onslaught of legislation followed to limit shark catch-and-eliminate finning, widely regarded as a cruel and wasteful fishing method.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024

But that’s changed: A growing number of finning prohibitions in recent decades have made slicing and dumping illegal in more than 90 percent of the world’s oceans.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023

The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

In reality, the top threat to sharks and their relatives, by far, is unsustainable overfishing, which includes, but is not limited to, shark finning.

From Scientific American ● May 24, 2022

"Headin' straight out to sea when dry ground's off that way," said Murray, finning feeble hand to starboard, "ain't what Dan'l Webster would do, with his intellect, if he was here."

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day