mermaid

While looking over the proofs for her latest cookbook, she picked up a marker and drew a mermaid.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

That could mean a classic A-line or ballgown for the ceremony with a shift to mermaid cut, column or mini dress for later events, she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Here she sang it while standing in a glittering mermaid gown that seemed to make it impossible for her to move — some kind of metaphor for the gilded cage of a celebrity romance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

“Okay,” I said, stuffing the mermaid into the neck of my shirt.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

My boy is such a traditional boy, and then the girls want to dress up like mermaids and princesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

"Poor mermaids, in tales they're always being kidnapped or dragged somewhere or shot - they're treated really terribly, they're not usually happy stories," said Pratchett.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

"The Little Mermaid" is explicit about how humans hurt the ecosystem, a critique made by Black mermaids in older folk tales and recent literature inspired by them.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

“How do you think mermaids pee? I always wondered ’cause they have those tails and stuff?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray