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Ruggerone said that the big increase in the hatchery salmon, along with surging numbers of wild pink salmon in a warming ocean, have intensified competition for food in the North Pacific.
—Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022
My favorite kinds are brilliant orange Asclepias tuberosa and wild pink Asclepias syriaca, which spreads underground into colonies in my sunny shrub border.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
For every one wild pink bollworm, Tabashnik said researchers needed to release 200 sterile moths, which would not have been logistically practical unless the pink bollworm population hadn't already been diminished.
—Amanda Morris, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
There’s also Neptune's Grotto, the otherworldly stalactite cave, and Gennargentu National Park, where intrepid hikers can reach the highest point on the island, passing lakes and gorges on trails lush with the wild pink peonies.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 July 2018
The brand’s first product, lightly smoked wild pink salmon, is a family favorite.
—Elizabeth G. Dunn, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
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First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined above
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“Wild pink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pink. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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