: a small slender cosmopolitan shark (Galeorhinus galeus) valued for its flesh, fins, and oil-rich liver
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
And Rustic Baked Potato Soup is made with potatoes, bacon, Monterey jack cheese and chives, toped with Asiago cheese.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
And the new Rustic Baked Potato Soup is made with potatoes, bacon, Monterey Jack cheese and chives, toped with asiago cheese.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Other species, like the starry smooth-hound and tope sharks, were also found in the Thames river.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2021
But now, surprising creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog -- a slender fish measuring some 23 inches and covered in venomous spines -- have been found.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
Also known as the ‘tope shark,’ genetic and tagging data shows that there are up to six separate subpopulations of these sharks but do not mate with one another.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
The tope shark, or school shark, has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation.
—Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2020
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Verb
Photo : Simon Berlyn The kitchen is spotlighted by an eat-in island toped with Blue Louise stone.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
And Rustic Baked Potato Soup is made with potatoes, bacon, Monterey jack cheese and chives, toped with Asiago cheese.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
And the new Rustic Baked Potato Soup is made with potatoes, bacon, Monterey Jack cheese and chives, toped with asiago cheese.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
The league will feature some of the tope WNBA stars and play will take place in Miami throughout 2025 with plans to expand nationwide by 2026.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Other species, like the starry smooth-hound and tope sharks, were also found in the Thames river.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2021
But now, surprising creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog -- a slender fish measuring some 23 inches and covered in venomous spines -- have been found.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
Also known as the ‘tope shark,’ genetic and tagging data shows that there are up to six separate subpopulations of these sharks but do not mate with one another.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
The tope shark, or school shark, has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation.
—Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2020
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“Tope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tope. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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