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Recent Examples of whale
Noun
In the trailer for season 9, Mark Consuelos plays billionaire Tripp Houser, who’s looking to reward Hen (Hinds) for saving his life after being swallowed by a whale. Nathan Vinson, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 According to documents compiled by The Canadian Press, 20 whales have died at the park since 2018. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Mark Consuelos guest stars as tech billionaire Tripp Hauser who gets swallowed by a whale. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 The flamingos, too, have adapted to the saline lagoons, evolving a filter in their bills akin to the lamellar membranes of oysters or whales to strain the microscopic plants and animals from the brine. Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whale
Noun
  • Jurassic World Evolution 3 Dinosaurs The real draw is the dinosaurs, all 80 of them.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Other protesters wore costumes, including inflatable chickens, frogs and dinosaurs, which some said emphasized the peaceful nature of the demonstrations.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fall boating can mean peaceful days on Arkansas' large reservoirs while many hunters begin to hit the woods instead of the water.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Apple’s iPhone surge Shares of Apple surged 4% to hit a new record on Monday after a report of surprisingly strong sales of its new iPhone 17.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Viruses, as well as small bits of vegetation and invasive zebra mussel larvae, can hide in the plumbing of your rig.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And don’t spend the evening apologizing or hiding in the kitchen.
    Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some even licked the candy to soften it -- a trick used by contestants in the show.
    Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Napkins were crumpled; plates were licked.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Except buying Madrid is impossible because the Spanish giants have never been for sale.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This small-format alternative is a way for the home furnishings global giant to expand its footprint without spending on real estate.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The victim resisted, was punched, and attempted to flee while calling a friend for help.
    Phillipe Vieira, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The video, which has more than 1,000 shares, captured a woman punching another woman on a counter when a man with a gray shirt walked up to them.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They are not whipped again, but after all of that research, I sure am beat.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Sedaris were sitting front row, with Parker whipping out her phone to film Reese.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once the third quarter got underway, South Shore Tech continued to pound the rock on the ground.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Israel told his mother, Ajike Owens, about the altercation; Owens, understandably angry, crossed the street to pound on Lorincz’s door and demand to speak with her.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whale. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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