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Or up north, white sharks feeding on seals, for example.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
National Geographic/Nathalie Miles Edgley propelling 3/4 of his body out of the pool to mimic a white shark's polaris movement.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
Round rays are like burger patties for juvenile white sharks, which is one of the reasons Lowe and his fellow shark scientists are keenly interested in stingray distributions and populations.
—Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Wednesday, July 10 Great White North premieres at 8 p.m. ET/PT: There’s a growing population of aggressive white sharks in an unlikely location, Canada.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1674, in the meaning defined above
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“White shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20shark. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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