cockle
Example Sentences
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“When our team went back a year later, it was just covered in cockle shells,” Barber said.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023
“This tells us that all of those nearly identical cancers came from a single cockle in the past,” Metzger said.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023
Shell Beach is made up of billions of shells, specifically cockle shells that breed unchecked due to the high salinity of the water and the lack of predators able to survive in all that salt.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017
Mr Gradwell said while "significant sums" were pocketed by the gangmaster, the cockle pickers earned "a pittance".
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2014
And yet it is creation and creates, Feeds roses, jonquils, columbines, gardenias, As well as thistles, cockle burrs and thorns.
From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee
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