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whale

[weyl, hweyl] / weɪl, ʰweɪl /


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This includes unconventional cargo, such as a 7-foot beluga whale in an open tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much of that crude is under the control of Eyyub, a wily 47-year-old Azeri trader who has been the whale in the market for Moscow’s oil since the start of the Ukraine war.

From The Wall Street Journal

Biologically and linguistically, our two species couldn’t be more different: This seemingly inorganic walking sculpture from the planet Erid communicates in a mix of whale song and stomps.

From Los Angeles Times

He knew that the High Mountains were far in the east, beyond the Deep Forest, and that they curved from north to south, arching out of the Forest like the spine of an enormous whale.

From Literature

About a dozen species of marine mammals are also found there, including humpback whales and whale sharks.

From Barron's