urchin

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Her fossilized sea urchin, from a beach on the Red Sea, “responds by radiating its own inner joy at being found and loved too,” whispering: “We are two cyclical beings, each with their own story.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

After the 2008 event, many urchin populations rebounded, sometimes relatively quickly.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

She made her first film appearance at the age of 12 as an urchin in Alexander Korda's film The Thief of Baghdad in 1940.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Massara, an Italian restaurant in New York City, even serves a cold pasta: a chilled spaghetti with red prawn and briny, decadent sea urchin.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

I was clean underneath, but my hill-walking trousers were caked with mud and my wet hair was standing on end and I felt shabby as a street urchin.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein