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In a joint effort, medical staff and firefighters removed the fishhook and treated the wound, the Bremen firefighter department said in a statement.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit stemmed from Nirvana’s use of a photo taken by Weddle at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California that depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill on a fishhook.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
And wrap it in a gorgeous (if somewhat twisted) album cover depicting a completely adorable baby underwater, grasping at a dollar bill on a fishhook?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
While preparing the Ohio pelican for travel, The Nature Center team discovered a fishhook in its throat and removed it.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit stemmed from Nirvana’s use of a photo taken by Weddle at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California that depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill on a fishhook.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
And wrap it in a gorgeous (if somewhat twisted) album cover depicting a completely adorable baby underwater, grasping at a dollar bill on a fishhook?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
While preparing the Ohio pelican for travel, The Nature Center team discovered a fishhook in its throat and removed it.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Fishhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishhook. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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fishhook
noun
fish·hook
ˈfish-ˌhu̇k 
: a usually barbed hook for catching fish
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