as in whaleboat
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Recent Examples of cockleshell
This popular Spanish-inspired dish was served in cockleshells so reminiscent the Galicia region of Spain’s cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela.
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Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 24 Apr. 2017
Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 24 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockleshell
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew.Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022
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But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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According to Facebook posts made about the search and rescue attempt, the Coast Guard searched throughout the night between November 30 and December 1. Per Alabama TV station WKRG reporting, Wooley was a father of four and is a seasoned fisherman and shrimper.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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In March of 2021, the month independent shrimper Derek Bateman was first able to get through to someone in his state's unemployment office, the average wait time for an appeal was 263 days.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
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Sure, they’re meant to be funny, but Tomlin inhabits each of them — from Trudy the homeless woman to Brandy and Tina, hookers tired of being interviewed by intellectuals — with affection and empathy alike.Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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These were strippers, hookers, actresses, and showgirls, all of them with knock-out bodies.Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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She was tried alongside 85 others, including former central bankers and government officials, as well as previous SCB executives.Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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DealBook Summit in Manhattan Wednesday, the central banker said Bitcoin is a speculative asset like gold, rather than something comparable to a currency.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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In addition, the shot clock, now the size of a small hovercraft placed on Curry’s back, was ticking down toward zero.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
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But most of us have never seen a hovercraft in real life, and the vehicles haven’t had a big impact on our world.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Cockleshell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockleshell. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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