oyster
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The research team will now trial the feasibility of a mobile oyster hatchery, in the hope it could both supply oyster larvae to coastal communities and help rebuild oyster beds in various areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Shellfish was another popular commodity in a city girdled by oyster beds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Pro tip: Birch also hosts Pepe’s Oyster Bar, a monthly pop-up named for chef Kyle Knall’s late father, featuring a rotating menu of hot and cold oyster and seafood preparations.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The dinner is sublime: We start with oyster bisque and follow with prime rib, boiled potatoes, and asparagus in cream.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Oh, they have the greatest oysters and amazing pasta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented, as well as confirming oysters could have been present at other sites on Mull and Islay.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
That’s close to how you pronounce the new starter at quarterback there, Tyler Shough, whose last name sounds like “shuck,” as in shucking oysters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The restaurant serves more than 10,000 oysters a month, with fresh seafood flown in daily, and the raw bar is an obvious place to start.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Grandma picked the oysters out of the stuffing and pushed them to the side of her plate.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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Ms. Gunderson is also well served by much of the cast, particularly Mr. McNall, an Off Broadway treasure who was until recently oystered away at the Pearl Theater.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017
The state closed the western half of its oystering area in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed two small but productive areas in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
Hartsfield has been reduced to oystering part time, making the rest of his living fishing for shrimp.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2020
People still earned a living mostly from fishing, oystering, and trapping.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
He spent half an hour unsuccessfully searching by feel in the muck, then remembered that the dock he was at was owned by a waterman who did some oystering.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2017
There were only a few more days of oystering left that winter of ’44.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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