whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Their protagonists tend to be runaways—men who join whaling expeditions in their haste to dodge the malaise that sets in on shore, boys who board rafts floating down the Mississippi to evade their guardians and their chores.
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Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
This included 500 years of Black mariners in fishing, sailing, surfing and whaling.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
The backstory The hotel occupies the former IXL jam factory, a three-story building that began as a whaling shed.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
The eastern North Pacific gray whale population was once hailed as a conservation success story after rebounding from commercial whaling and being removed from the Endangered Species Act in 1994.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
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Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
This included 500 years of Black mariners in fishing, sailing, surfing and whaling.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
The backstory The hotel occupies the former IXL jam factory, a three-story building that began as a whaling shed.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
The eastern North Pacific gray whale population was once hailed as a conservation success story after rebounding from commercial whaling and being removed from the Endangered Species Act in 1994.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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