marine
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Color lithographs of marine organisms drawn by the 19th-century zoologist Ernst Haeckel offer magical views of fantastically intricate flora and fauna—a huge influence on Ms. Van Herpen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The construction site will be wrapped with underwater silt curtains but Leidich worries the marine lakes will be contaminated by sediment plumes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
More commonly found in the colder waters off Scotland, a marine biologist said although the lion's main sting was "nasty", it was not dangerous.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Decades later, those weapons have become another source of marine contamination.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
I had to do just like the marine marching into war.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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Another photo showed a grinning Kim sitting with Ju Ae at a table in the ship's mess hall, surrounded by uniformed marines eating instant rice meals.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Soldiers, marines, and their support crews need food, water, ammo, and other supplies; a base of some sort would have to be set up.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
US Central Command said on X that the newly-arrived sailors and marines were part of a unit led by the warship USS Tripoli, which also includes assault and transport assets.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
“This is what we have the navy for. We have trained our marines for this,” he said in an interview at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
After Mama burned him, Papi said a captain in the merchant marines took pity on him and doctored his papers so they’d say he was injured during an explosion on board.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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