Example Sentences

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Crew members plowed through ice, buzzed vessels attempting to dump nuclear waste, dodged harpoons, and spent almost a week in a Siberian prison.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

“It’s like harpoons to their heart every time.”

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

When whaling in North America hit its peak in the mid-1800s, hundreds of ships armed with gun-loaded harpoons set off on hunts in the South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

The only other commercial fleet targeting swordfish off the West Coast catches fish with harpoons but contributes a fraction of the landings produced by gill netting.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

With it she could, like her father, freeze leather and sinew into sleds, spears, and harpoons.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George