Dungeness
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Splurge for the Alaskan Red or Golden King crab legs, or choose a more budget-friendly and still local Dungeness or snow crab.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
He serves on a dozen state and regional committees focused on the Dungeness crab industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few weeks earlier — two months behind schedule — and was off to a slow start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
About half the waterways where it spawned — spanning the Skokomish River on the canal to the Dungeness River near Sequim — lost their entire runs, according to the University of Washington’s Puget Sound Institute.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Soon salmon and steelhead and trout from the Dungeness made their way up the irrigation ditch and gathered in schools in the pond.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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