shrimping

Definition of shrimpingnext
present participle of shrimp

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Verb
  • Jim Franklin of Hemphill, Texas, was fishing alone on March 4 at the south end of Toledo Bend Reservoir.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Introduction to magnet fishing There are plenty of ways to go fishing.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • What’s more, cities across China such as Beijing, Wuhan, and Shanghai are opening training sites for acclimating robots to various settings (including environments that mimic a retail outlet, an elderly care facility, and a smart home) and harvesting standardized data.
    Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Focused on the high-value goal of harvesting Helium-3 for quantum computing and fusion energy, Interlune is developing industrial-scale technology for resource extraction.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Shrimping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrimping. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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