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fishing

noun as in angling

Strongest match

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“It’s not about me,” he said before fishing a malaria pill out of his suit pocket and chasing it with borrowed coffee from a nearby carafe.

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On the water, the US Coast Guard contingent was charged with intercepting any boats spotted and was accused of sinking several fishing boats.

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The Tohoku region, dotted with tiny farming and fishing villages, is famous for its remoteness at the best of times.

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“Some people have fishing camps, big boats,” said Dry, who owns a cloud-communications company.

Taiwan's coastguard conducts law enforcement patrols around Kinmen 24 hours a day, assisted by coastal radar and thermal imaging systems to detect Chinese fishing boats, smugglers and swimmers.

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

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