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oyster

[oi-ster] / ˈɔɪ stər /






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Jackson entered the race late after oyster farmer Graham Platner's candidacy ended amid sexual assault allegations, and Dutremble admitted "my vote was more a vote against Susan, than it was for Troy Jackson."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Commerce shows up in three stereoscopic prints, taken by Keystone Co. between 1905 and 1908, of Maryland’s oyster and crab industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

For literal dollars, I could put a couple of enormous pots on the stove, buy some good bread and oyster crackers, and feed a roomful of people until they were comfortably full.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ecology and wildlife experts hope to use the discoveries to help rebuild oyster populations in suitable coastal locations.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The town of Crisfield lay in the sunlight before them, bleached white as the oyster shells scattered around the ground.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic words for oyster or oysters – eisir, eisirein and eisirean – and oyster habitats like sandy banks or tidal causeways in place names around Scotland's coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

He moved boulders around his yard on weekends, ate twelve ears of corn in one sitting, and kept barrels full of oysters in his garage so he could shuck and eat them anytime he wanted.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

At its peak, according to the state, oystering in Apalachicola Bay supported approximately 2,500 jobs.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2020

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

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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