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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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