fished

past tense of fish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fished In a statement shared with the Anchorage Daily News, Buck Laukitis, the owner of the vessel, the Halcyon, said Cox had fished with the crew for about two to three years. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 And in the early 1980s, Indiana finally found the cash to begin its own project in the form of the Nongame Wildlife Fund, which was money earmarked for the conservation of wildlife not typically hunted or fished. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fished
Verb
  • Last year, Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor celebrated prematurely and fumbled the ball through the back of the end zone on what was going to be a 41-yard TD run.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Slightly concerning given that Mims has already fumbled one punt this season.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the report found that 47% of companies looked to automating or implementing new technologies to address worker shortages, a five percentage point increase from 2024.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Allianz Life survey reached a nationally representative sample of 1,005 adults.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The long-term forecast for the system, which reached depression strength and was expected to become a tropical storm Saturday evening or early Sunday, remained tricky.
    Alex Harris Updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Fished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fished. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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