Example Sentences

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It has been fishing around for expansion opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

One foggy morning, we left shore in the dark on a small trawler with Captain Park Hyung-il, who has been fishing anchovies off Korea's south coast for more than 25 years.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Pedersen, who is 64 and has been fishing for salmon since he was a boy, turned to other work over the past year to make ends meet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024

The Pacific islands has the world's largest tuna fishery, where South Korea's long distance fleet has been fishing since 1958, catching 255,226 tonnes in 2021 under licence schemes controlled by the forum members.

From Reuters • May 27, 2023

I have been informed that some one has been fishing for more prosecution, but I doubt whether they will take more after Frost and Jones are tried.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile