How to Use dolphin in a Sentence

dolphin

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  • Snorkel the lagoon and keep an eye out for dolphins in the surf.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Cameron Parish, where Gustin saw the dolphin, borders the Gulf.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 July 2023
  • The teams found two dolphins stranded in the shallow part of the river.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The video depicts a Mosasaurus – a large mosasaur that is thought to be related to whales and dolphins.
    Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Play after play, the claw grabs the dolphin, lifts it up, but never makes it to the winning swing door.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Why aren’t there freshwater seals or dolphins in the Great Lakes?
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The rooms have bunk beds for the kids and are decorated with pictures of dolphins.
    Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2023
  • Say hello to the Channel Islands in the distance and keep an eye out for dolphins and whales.
    Lilly Graves, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Then in 2018, two bright pink dolphins were filmed swimming alongside a ship in the channel.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • Hopefully, whales and dolphins don't get caught in the crossfire.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But Russia’s war has been cruel to the native dolphins.
    David Axe, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There were highways of fish swimming up and down the reefs, sharks everywhere and dolphins.
    Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The dolphins are talking (which, of course, Matt Groening already knew…).
    Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Your crew can also spend the day hitting the beach to swim, surf, paddleboard, sea kayak, snorkel, and take boat tours to see whales and dolphins.
    Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
  • An island shaped like a dolphin, with coral-reef buildings.
    Rory Jones and Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The people wait with their nets at the ready for a dolphin to approach closely (between about 12 to 4 meters).
    Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Swim with dolphins, meet sea turtles and lorikeets, paint with sea lions and more.
    Priscilla Blossom, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Her special talent is sounding like a dolphin, per the fun facts portion of her bio.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Seagulls and pelicans hovered around him in the cool, sticky air, while dolphins swam alongside the boat.
    Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The hydrophones used in the dolphin study also allowed the team to track how the dolphins are distributed along the mosaic of the floodplains.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The brains of dolphins and whales are both similar and different from those of ourselves.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Her baby blue dolphin tank looked straight from our childhood wardrobes.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 10 May 2023
  • Spigots shaped like dolphin heads spewed water into the pool.
    Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • The dolphin skull is now housed at the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In a new Super Bowl ad for e.l.f. cosmetics, the actress seems one step closer to her dolphin dreams.
    Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • As if on cue, dolphins porpoised in the water directly ahead.
    Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Reefs here teem with turtles, horizons muddy with spinning dolphins and schools of fish swirl in the water.
    Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2023
  • More than the sheer number of connections, the strength of a dolphin’s network led to its breeding success, King says in a press release.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The new song is inspired by dolphin encounters that Porno for Pyros members had while surfing in the 1990s.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
  • An oasis of wildlife, look out for dolphins, manatees, sting rays, turtles, and more.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023

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