mermaid
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While looking over the proofs for her latest cookbook, she picked up a marker and drew a mermaid.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
And if you’re really lucky, maybe you’ll find a mermaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
It is amusing to see young Reubens in drag as a kid at Halloween, or playing a Cher-inspired mermaid in a video he made while at college.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
The ladies of the Animal Fanciers’ Society scrambled into the dry fountain, and all of them tried to climb the mermaid at once.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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My boy is such a traditional boy, and then the girls want to dress up like mermaids and princesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
What if someone told you mermaids were real?
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
In my forthcoming book, I consider the relationship between mermaids and Barbie dolls.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
Then he saw she was completely at ease, grinning and talking with her escorts, and Leo realized that the mermaids were laughing.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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