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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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Example Sentences

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“It is a moat with saltwater crocodiles, with sharks, and an even more dangerous species—lawyers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Along the back wall were all the gummies—gummy bears, gummy worms, gummy sharks.

From Literature

He and his wife Joanna, from Hertfordshire, were away with friends, and the last thing on their minds was the risk of shark attacks - they are unheard of on this tiny Caribbean island.

From BBC

The time Uncle Kai got in an argument with a shark.

From Literature

Then, seeing Christopher’s face: “It’s a kind of shark; it sucks ships down beneath the water. There never used to be many—one or two a year, perhaps. But the numbers are growing. This way.”

From Literature