Example Sentences

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We could have been in a sailor’s tavern in Whitefish Bay in 1975.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

About 30 hours later, near Michigan’s Whitefish Point and during a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1975, the big ship broke apart and sank with its 29 men.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

The last three USC centers were floating down Whitefish River last July, marveling at the Montana mountains, when suddenly Brett Neilon and his tube went careening into the river bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

For the uninitiated, what is Whitefish known for from a culinary perspective?

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, at least a thousand myrtle warblers could be seen in migration during former years; in 1958, after the spraying of the elms, observers could find only two.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson