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[fish] / fɪʃ /


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“Duryea’s continues to be a beloved Montauk institution where families and friends come for fresh fish, shellfish, and perfect sunsets over Fort Pond Bay, as they have for decades,” a spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

"The lab smelled like a fish market," she says.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, Bumble Bee Foods plans to lay off 197 workers on Nov. 19 and estimates that it will lay off another 36 workers when the fish canning facility finally closes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

When I first started, this river was black with fish, it was alive with fish.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

When you rolled over, you could watch sea horses and shells and the open jaws of the giant clams with polka-dot fish racing through them.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

“I ran into a tiki bar one time. That wasn’t too good,” said Derrick Hoy, 55, who fishes scallops in the Atlantic on a different vessel from Crusher, the 30-foot boat he competes with.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

It says the blue shark is one of Ireland's largest and most valuable marine sport fishes.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Mike had previously collaborated with Ewan on several studies involving fossil fishes and sharks from New Zealand, and he soon began investigating the unusual specimen.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

John van Rooyen regularly surfs and spear fishes at the Tinley Manor beach, about 2 miles from where he lives.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Enclosed in his workshop, his only relationship with the rest of the world was his business in little gold fishes.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The book initially focuses on the Chumash people, on Southern California’s Channel Islands, who once fished from small boats made of bundled reeds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

"I've lived here for 25 years and the water has never been this low," said pensioner Mitica Nicolae from Corabia as he fished in an irrigation canal close to the river.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Jenkin puts together his bespoke films like tactile, fragile curiosities — it’s as if the battered reels have been fished out of the water, their origin unknown.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

He moved to Las Cuevas, where he fished and worked in construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

The white-eyed or sable-bodied flies that Morgan and his students had discovered in New York had been fished out laboriously by hunting through massive flocks of insects over thirty years.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

They were once at the heart of Scotland's economic prosperity, first through herring fishing and transatlantic trade, then shipbuilding and engineering, while nearby Gourock was a popular Victorian seaside resort.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The gathering has since become an invite-only fishing retreat for financiers, policymakers and subject-matter experts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Reviewing the history of children’s involvement in endeavors ranging from farm chores to perilous apprenticeships on fishing smacks, Mses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

John used to love to go fishing with his son.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

He traveled around, making regular calls at fishing villages along the Sound.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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