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whale

[weyl, hweyl] / weɪl, ʰweɪl /


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Several attempts were made to get the whale - nicknamed "Timmy" and "Hope" - back into the North Sea, after it got stuck in the Baltic Sea in March.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The urgency in disposing of the body was because the whale was now sitting on a popular beach, according to Abildstrøm.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Coast Guard’s San Francisco station, where mariners can report whale sightings to alert vessel operators in an effort to try to prevent more collisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The host, a devout Catholic, has called the pontiff his "white whale."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

With practice, she identified an underwater mountain range, and a sleeping whale, and a piece of driftwood, long before she saw them.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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