go fishing
Example Sentences
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“Ask anybody who’s ever seen me play. They’ll say, ‘Stick with the lab, or go fishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
At a White House dinner for ballroom donors, Trump joked about the sea strikes: “Nobody wants to go fishing anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has admitted he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with JD Vance and has blamed the oversight on an "administrative error".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
With sunglasses perched on top of a baseball cap, he scans the sky and the sea as his father might have, assessing what weather is coming and if he can go fishing this weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
I wondered if it would be worth it to go fishing for a hour afore it got dark.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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