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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
Trickster god Māui sunk his fishhook into the giant ray Te Ika-a-Māui and pulled it from the water to create New Zealand's North Island.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 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
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Trickster god Māui sunk his fishhook into the giant ray Te Ika-a-Māui and pulled it from the water to create New Zealand's North Island.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 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
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“Fishhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishhook. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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fishhook
noun
fish·hook
ˈfish-ˌhu̇k 
: a usually barbed hook for catching fish
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