SHRIMPING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

shrimping

verb

present participle of shrimp

as in fishing

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Like its 2023 predecessor, Evil Dead Burn starts with the brisk dispatch of secondary characters at a pretty lakeside spot — the film was shot in New Zealand — where buddies Jared (Keanu Karim) and Leo (Tapiwa Soropa) are fishing.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
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.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

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Right now the priority is harvesting those most-vulnerable crops, such as tender salad greens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
That rings especially true in the garden, where hands have dug through the earth for centuries, harvesting vegetables and plucking beautiful blossoms.

— Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 7 July 2026

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