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[fish] / fɪʃ /


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Keep foods like dried and canned beans, canned tomatoes, tinned fish, olive oil, and a variety of whole grains on hand so you always have something to cook with.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Glow-in-the dark fish were exempt from her bill, which proposed civil penalties of at least $5,000.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

First up was a short-sleeved button-up with blue stars and seashells, as well as red stripes made out of different fish.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Blue sharks can reach more than three metres in length and feed in open water on fish, squid, smaller sharks and sea birds.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Just like he promised, Dad got me the fish.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"We lost 85% of the marine prairies, and we saw the fishes on the shore looking for oxygen, and these images were horrible," he said.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Will Shugg, who fishes from Mevagissey, has been taking part in the trial as well as voluntarily having cameras monitoring his catches.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Celtic art occupies a fluid, timeless plane where birds, fishes, dragons, gods, humans and pure motion continually morph and merge.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

We humans eat seven fishes on Christmas Eve, samosas on Eid al-Fitr and maple cookies behind the moon.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

In the end these two fishes brought the whale to her end.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

There’s a predictable resistance of In my day we fished with a wooden stick and a bottle cap and caught fish the size of Buicks, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

Although cargo containers will still need to be fished out of the water, said Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Mario Cordero, “the Port of Long Beach is fully operating.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

We fished in the river and hunted in the forest.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

In July, a fishing influencer almost lost his leg after being attacked by a reef shark whilst spearfishing.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

A kayaker was bitten by a hammerhead that year, too, and people fishing off Sunset Beach encountered a 10-foot hammerhead, according to news accounts at the time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

“This is a great fishing shirt,” he said.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Their population of about 20,000 Russian citizens lives in a harsh climate, but the islands have mineral deposits including gold and silver, and rich fishing grounds.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Danny cried the entire way to the lake, and while he held his fishing pole.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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