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Saudi Arabia’s national flag could be seen on what appeared to be a tail fin in multiple shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I heard a girl behind me… a shrill shriek. I turned and there was a huge, huge fin behind her. It was massive," she told Nine Network's 60 Minutes.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

This isn’t the only thing going on this summer that gives me that ominous fin de siècle feeling.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Catcher Dalton Rushing held his hand up to his forehead like a shark fin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The fin is coming my way as well.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

More high-quality footage is needed, particularly clear views of dorsal fins and eye patches, which can be used to identify individual animals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

The hapless sunfish can weigh up to 2,000 kilograms and is distinct for both its size and peculiar shape featuring a flattened body and fins.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Matthews said the device actually contained "a load of cardboard fins that get wet as the water blows past them".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The fins and nose cone would add more to the weight.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

On the opposite half, two finned and muscular airspeeders from “Attack of the Clones” tailgate each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The fossils extend the earliest known record of finned octopuses by about 15 million years and push back the broader octopus timeline by around 5 million years.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

Magnus wrote in his 1555 book they were 200-feet long with broad, forked tails and finned feet, with faces resembling warthogs and dual blow-holes on the top of their heads.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2023

Print off the wildlife checklist before you go and watch for a Pacific jumping mouse and Roosevelt elk, among hundreds of finned, furred and feathered creatures listed.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

He could feel the rumble of the craft’s engines tilling the air but couldn’t make out the silver skin, the sweeping ribs, the finned tail.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

A global onslaught of legislation followed to limit shark catch-and-eliminate finning, widely regarded as a cruel and wasteful fishing method.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024

What’s more, illegal finning for export to Asia still remains a major concern in Brazil, with Brazilian authorities reporting in late June that they’d seized an enormous haul of illegally obtained shark fins.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023

The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Apparently neither the petition creators nor the many signatories are aware that we already banned shark finning across the United States almost 30 years ago.

From Scientific American ● May 24, 2022

The sale had not long been concluded, and the little community were preparing to obey Acton's order to "Come outside," when the latter rushed into the room finning with rage.

From The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs by Harold Avery