Example Sentences
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Still, he could salvage something, he said, pointing to his son as he fished out boxes of herbal treatments from under the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
For generations, Seynabou Tall's ancestors have fished, dived and rowed off the coast of Dakar, where the 14-year-old, who quit school nearly four years ago, is now learning to surf.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
He moved to Las Cuevas, where he fished and worked in construction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Although cargo containers will still need to be fished out of the water, said Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Mario Cordero, “the Port of Long Beach is fully operating.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
When they’d looked after the garden and fished for dinner and checked the beaches for driftwood or bottles or anything else that might have floated in on the tide, Nim had school.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
