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fishing

noun as in angling

Strongest match

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Whitney trailhead; view and man fishing at Lone Pine creek; and rock formations in the Alabama Hills near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.

The number of whales getting tangled up in fishing nets, line, buoys and other miscellaneous rope off the coasts of the United States hit a record high in 2024, with California taking the ignominious lead.

The Avontuur is 45 nautical miles off the coast of Gran Canaria and the light is too far out to be a fishing boat.

From BBC

A green sea turtle found tangled in fishing line in the San Gabriel River was released back into the ocean Friday in Seal Beach after a three-month recovery at Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific.

Gil said the vessel, which he described as "small, harmless" fishing boat, was seized "illegally and hostilely" for eight hours.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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