fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
are fishing
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present progressiveof fish.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Its main activities are fishing and a recent surge in investment to build new airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
And people who are fishing those waters are likely catching different species and sizes of fish than in the past.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
“People are fishing for that hidden gem that targets something so conserved that the virus cannot mutate away from it,” says Jean-Philippe Julien, an immunologist at the University of Toronto.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023
The only industries are fishing and farming, and they largely go into hibernation as the days grow short and snow piles up to roof eaves.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
End of two weeks all two hundred traps are fishing and I’m pulling twenty-five a day by hand.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
