as in to fumble
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box
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as in person
a member of the human race
he's rather an odd fish
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Recent Examples of fish
Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission also requires anglers to pass an online educational course before fishing on the Skyway.
—Carter Weinhofer, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025
Stop Sales for temperature abuse (food too warm) hit sour cream, heavy cream, shredded cheese, raw conch, raw fish and bean sprouts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
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However, a toxin found in Northern California waters will postpone fishing there.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission also requires anglers to pass an online educational course before fishing on the Skyway.
—Carter Weinhofer, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
The hotel’s eponymous restaurant, which serves global fare like a coconut fish soup with shrimp dumplings, is in the Lithuania Michelin guide.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025
Stop Sales for temperature abuse (food too warm) hit sour cream, heavy cream, shredded cheese, raw conch, raw fish and bean sprouts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fish
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After taking an early 3-0 lead and forcing the Ravens to punt on their opening series, Tahj Washington fumbled after a catch and Baltimore’s Alohi Gilman scooped it up and returned it to Miami’s 7, setting up Jackson’s first touchdown pass to Mark Andrews.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Week 2, McCarthy played poorly, throwing two interceptions and fumbling three times.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Though the serial killer in each installment of Scream is always revealed to be a different person, the phone voice has remained consistent since Jackson, now 65, took on the job back in 1996.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The person didn’t respond to further questions, and phone calls to two numbers associated with the email address went unanswered.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Rice University, the work could reshape how scientists think about pollution cleanup by looking closer at the tiniest details hidden in common minerals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Elite politics has become so opaque under his rule that pundits look for any clue for China’s direction – from parsing Xi’s words for their real meaning to assessing the color of his hair.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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In Forrest’s 2013 memoir Running with Monsters, the Celebrity Rehab star shared a detailed account of the final moments of Phoenix’s life.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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That’s just the reality of life at Real Madrid, and the main reason why arguably the most glamorous coaching job in club football is also one of the most difficult to succeed in.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The city has reached 85% of its total water treatment capacity now, Hall said.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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But any agreement reached will be just one touchstone in a thorny and volatile great power rivalry between the world’s superpower democracy and an authoritarian China, whose growing military assertiveness under Xi in the East and South China Seas is rattling US allies in the region.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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As previously reported by PEOPLE, the two men were arrested after the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB) and the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Goods (OCBC) led an investigation into the robbery on Saturday, according to French outlets Le Parisien and Paris Match.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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That’s especially problematic for aging science given that men and women age differently.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Yet amidst this external focus on varied lyric forms, the drive in this collection feels narrative, the stories history doubling and echoing myth and history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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With the staff and roster Lucas has brought in, Young feels good days are ahead.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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The idea of what a tough guy is is a little bit romanticized in the archetype of Clint Eastwood – just being really stoic and not saying a lot.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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People who know him as a wisecracking guy who was into fireworks or whatever have a tendency to dismiss him as somebody too male, too aggressive, too whatever.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fish. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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