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Recent Examples of clam
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Boston gets a lot of attention for its classics—lobster rolls, Boston cream pie, clam chowder.
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Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
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Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
When there are harmful algae blooms, health authorities sometimes put out warnings telling people not to eat mussels, clams and other types of seafood.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Boston gets a lot of attention for its classics—lobster rolls, Boston cream pie, clam chowder.
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Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Verb
Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
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Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
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Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clam
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Most winners aren't used to handling millions of dollars, let alone the crush of publicity that comes with a Powerball jackpot.
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The total dollar amount that a senior public official can receive from any one source over the annual reporting period ranged from $520 to $630 during Carvalho’s years in office.
Verb
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Twenty-four hours earlier, a boy, who was fishing with his father, was bitten on the hand at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County, WESH reported.
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Visitors can fish from either the beach or the seawall along the Matanzas River on the park's west boundary.
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These travelers aren't interested in roughing it to save a few bucks either.
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James Gunn’s Judgment – The buck still has to stop with Gunn.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has for months been working to seal an agreement between the Israeli and Lebanese governments to clamp down on Hezbollah and allow Israel to withdraw its forces from Southern Lebanon.
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Malonga scored six of Seattle's final 10 points to help seal the win.
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At Valley Paving, crews harvest the raw materials from the land, a mix of sand and gravel.
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Anyone who’s sat that long in the dark—through Ben-Hur, Jaws 3-D, and The Legend of Bagger Vance—has sown and harvested many seasons of doubt.
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“Clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clam. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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