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"\u2014 James Joyce",
"He would have oceans of time for his ride.",
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse",
"Jutting from an ocean of prairie, they [the Sangre de Cristo mountains] run north-south like an iguana spine \u2026",
"\u2014 Skiing"
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"\u2014 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"
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"We've sailed across hundreds of miles of ocean .",
"the Pacific and Indian oceans",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s going to be better for people and more respectful of soil and ocean and planet, and the consumer wants that. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"For decades, so much water has been diverted to supply farms and cities that the river has seldom reached the ocean , and much of its delta in Mexico has been reduced to a dry riverbed, with only remnants of its once-vast wetlands surviving. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Posing against the backdrop of a pristine blue ocean , Rebel paid homage to the 1960s with an orange three-piece bikini, white shades and blond wavy hair. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"StreetWaves started in 2008 to teach kids, who normally don\u2019t get exposed to pools or the ocean , a variety of surfing and swimming skills. \u2014 Scott Luxor, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Similar legal fights are underway in states including California, Florida, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington, said Josh Eagle, a professor of property, environmental, natural resources and ocean and coastal law at the University of South Carolina. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Abu Dhabi's fossil dunes rise up out of the surrounding desert like frozen waves in a violent ocean made of solid sand, their sides rippling with shapes defined by raging winds. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Immediately get out of the ocean , pool or lake, and never lie flat on the ground. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"Bucky Fuller, the guy who invented the geodesic dome, made an interesting observation about ocean -going tankers, and what a challenge the engineers had in creating these huge ships. \u2014 Jason Stahl, SPIN , 23 June 2022"
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": any of several marine scorpaenid food fishes (genus Sebastes ):":[],
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Halpern's fresh fish counter includes cod, catfish, ocean perch , swai and tilapia. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch , tilapia or catfish. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2021",
"There's cod, catfish, ocean perch , crab, and shrimp. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 26 Feb. 2021"
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"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a large bony fish ( Mola mola of the family Molidae, order Tetraodontiformes) having high dorsal and anal fins and a body nearly oval in outline and attaining a length of 10 feet (3 meters) and a weight in excess of 2 tons (1.8 metric tons)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Thys, the field of ocean sunfish research is very active, and a species called Mola tecta was named a couple of years ago. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower, Melissa Velasquez And Justin Lear, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
"People often mistake ocean sunfish , basking sharks and other harmless animals for white sharks, said Erin Summers, the director of the marine department\u2019s biological monitoring division. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 8 July 2021",
"Exotic species, including ocean sunfish and Guadalupe fur seals, began roaming waters far north of their normal hunting grounds in Mexico and Southern California. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Meet Our Expert National Geographic Emerging Explorer and grantee Dr. Tierney Thys is a marine biologist and filmmaker studying some of the ocean\u2019s largest animals, including the giant ocean sunfish . \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
"But leatherback turtles and ocean sunfish are exceptionally big. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times , 26 Oct. 2018",
"Leatherbacks can weigh more than 2,000 pounds; ocean sunfish can reach 5,000 pounds. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times , 26 Oct. 2018",
"Its heaviest modern counterpart is the ocean sunfish , which at its largest weighs in at a modest 5,000 pounds. \u2014 Julissa Trevi\u00f1o, Smithsonian , 4 June 2018",
"Among those spotted were a live ocean sunfish and warm-water blue shark in the Gulf of Alaska, mahi mahi off the coast of Oregon, a Pacific sea turtle common in the Galapagos near San Francisco, and marlin in the waters off Southern California. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2018"
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a large marine aquarium":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wife of King Felipe attended the commemoration of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day at the Oceanografic oceanarium in Valencia on Tuesday. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"The whales were then flown to VDNKh in December, where the park kept them secret until now, hoping to unveil them at the opening of the unfinished oceanarium . \u2014 Will Egensteiner, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2014",
"The report also says that the orcas were originally meant for Sochi dolphinariums but were instead rented by Renaissance, a company that\u2019s supposedly building Europe\u2019s biggest oceanarium on the VDNKh grounds. \u2014 Will Egensteiner, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2014",
"Discovering traveling oceanariums in Russia was a shock. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2019",
"Russia is one of only a few countries (Indonesia is another) where traveling oceanariums exist. \u2014 Natasha Daly, National Geographic , 12 June 2019"
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the theory that ancient mariners took advantage of oceanic currents to roam the seas on primitive rafts",
"during his solo crossing of the Atlantic he managed to avoid the fierce oceanic storms that rage in those tropical latitudes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Weather analytics, particularly when combined with oceanic data and vessel insights, contributes to reaching ocean sustainability goals. \u2014 Renny Vandewege, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"And still others are just looking for a rush, said Greg Tripoli, an atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who taught a class on storm chasing. \u2014 Todd Richmond, Chron , 15 May 2022",
"Their research helps identify how variations in atmospheric or oceanic conditions may influence the behavior and stability of ice shelves in the region in the future. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"La Ni\u00f1a is a regular oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that refers to the periodic cooling of ocean temperatures in the central to east-central equatorial Pacific. \u2014 Kathleen Magramo, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"As the ocean closed, the oceanic crust was lifted up, merging with the continental core of what is now the Canadian Shield and becoming part of the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Tropical Storm Alex is marching east toward the middle Atlantic where it is expected to end its long, trans- oceanic journey. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"To finish out its 23rd season, this chamber ensemble offers a quintet by film composer Nino Rota, a musical cityscape by Valerie Coleman, an oceanic duet by Toru Takemitsu, and Charles Ives\u2019s Piano Trio. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"The resulting fragrance is light and airy, laced with tuberose, orange blossom, jasmine and marine accord, which gives it an oceanic , salty effect. \u2014 Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022"
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"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"borrowed from Latin \u014cceanicus, from \u014cceanus \"the sea flowing around the land mass of the known world, ocean \" + -icus -ic entry 1":""
": a medium-sized American wildcat ( Felis pardalis ) that ranges from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny-yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among them are the impacts on the seventy-plus animal and plant species that the new sections of wall now endanger, including the jaguar, the ocelot , the desert bighorn sheep, and the Mexican gray wolf. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
"In the ocelot enclosure, a eucalyptus limb used as a walkway by the aging cat was wrapped in rope to provide a better grip. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Crew collected genetic material from a deceased Texas ocelot that will be used in an upcoming artificial insemination procedure. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer , 22 July 2021",
"Crew will use the deceased ocelot \u2019s semen for an artificial insemination procedure at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque on July 28. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer , 22 July 2021",
"Swarts was notified of the ocelot 's death and after finding it, transported it on ice to Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer , 22 July 2021",
"Walls are papered in graphic Gucci tiger faces and flocked ocelot print (for when leopard just won't do), ceilings have been given psychedelic paint jobs, and rooms are illuminated with neon signs and vintage Italian fixtures. \u2014 CNN , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In January, an ocelot was photographed in these mountains. \u2014 azcentral , 15 Apr. 2021",
"In the original film, James Earl Jones wears a lion's head draped over his shoulder, and Eddie Murphy wears an ocelot . \u2014 Leah Faye Cooper, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2021"
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