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Recent Examples of clam
Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2024
One thing the clam shell definitely isn’t is a mobility exercise.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Tending embers atop a pit full of beach stones, Velasquez layered on fava pods wrapped in rhubarb leaves, chicken, salt pork, andouille, potatoes, mussels, clams, and potato bread called chapaleles, and covered it all with tarps.
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2024
One thing the clam shell definitely isn’t is a mobility exercise.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
His son, Rodney Bart Jr., followed him into clamming as a teenager and rose to become a mate on another clamming vessel, the John N. In 2020, about a year before Murphy died, Bart’s son fatally overdosed on fentanyl and heroin while towing a dredge off the Jersey Shore.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clam
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United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of dollars through a surprisingly basic shortcoming: our inability to effectively solve recurring human and organizational performance problems.Rob De La Espriella, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The litigation, which is ongoing, has cost Freeman several hundred thousand dollars and the defendants more than a million dollars.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Cast a Line With Group Fishing Take the whole family fishing on a excursion with one of the local charter companies, including Captain Phil's Charters (pickup at Grayton Beach), Santa Rosa Charters, and Strictly Business Fishing Charters.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Irene Salinas, who studies fish immune systems at the University of New Mexico, probed the fish brain for microbes.Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
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One billion bucks is about what December managed, right at our projection.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
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Surrender another 20 bucks to glimpse Dorothy? Curses, my pretties, and your greedy double-dips too.Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Thursday’s 4-3 win in Denver over the Colorado Avalanche sealed it for a variety of reasons.Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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The complaint, which was filed in the Southern District of New York, is currently sealed.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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What Are Chia Seeds? Chia seeds are harvested from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, a member of the mint family native to Central and Southern Mexico.Annie Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
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For years, companies have harvested location information from smartphones, either through ordinary apps or the advertising ecosystem, and then built products based on that data or sold it to others.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clam. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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