spinner

Example Sentences

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Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.

From Barron's

Herodotus was an anthropological Autolycus, a spinner of yarns from Halicarnassus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a country as divided and vast as the U.S., that means a surefire money spinner in one market or state may be a political and reputational nightmare in another.

From New York Times

Research has found a variety of ripple effects from human-induced disruption to spinner dolphins’ rest, including increased predation from sharks and decreased reproductive rates, Stack said.

From Washington Post

Since 2021, federal law prohibits swimming within 50 yards of spinner dolphins near the state’s shorelines.

From Washington Times