shark
Example Sentences
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“These companies, they’re like a shark, they have to keep moving,” said Christopher Whalen of the credit-markets research and advisory firm Whalen Global Advisors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
From 2012 to 2022, the most recent decade for which data are available, there were a total of 24 shark injuries and three fatalities recorded.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"By shedding light on the biology and ecology of the great white shark, research can help replace unfounded myths with genuine understanding."
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, compared the terms of student loans "to something that a loan shark would offer".
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
This shark was so large that it had to hang over the water, away from the dock.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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