fishy
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Something’s Fishy — the sushi place of yesteryear where my brother worked as a busboy and where sake warmed the soul after a day in the cold Pacific.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
The "Jolene" singer first began making hit songs in 1967 with "Something Fishy" and "Dumb Blonde," People magazine reported.
From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2021
Later, the Valley Voice posted an article under the headline “Tulare Politics Get Fishy as Hospital Recall Nears.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019
Fishy excuses — Holmes blamed a production delay on an earthquake in Japan — were blithely accepted.
From New York Times • May 21, 2018
"Fishy, very fishy!" declared Crosthwaite after the column had passed.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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