Example Sentences

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McLaren did their first runs on medium tyres in the first session to try to save softs for later but it seems to have harpooned Piastri.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

Reykjavík suspended commercial whaling in June after a government-commissioned report said that it took too long for whales to die after they were harpooned, sometimes hours, in breach of its law on animal welfare.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

On Monday night, the fashion world will gather for the Met Gala, the annual ritual of celebrity opulence that our current social revolution has not yet harpooned.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

But probably the biggest white whale I harpooned this year was my fellow New Yorker and the bard of outerborough pride, Mr. William Martin Joel.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2020

The second mate had fought the idea like a harpooned whale, but he had had to learn, in self-defense.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham