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an aggressive and fiercely determined person the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff

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Recent Examples of barracuda There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks. Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025 Photo by Rita Harper Day 4: Fly over alligators, bite into barracuda, and hunt antiques Grab a quick (but exceptional) quiche at the hotel Columns before a 20-minute drive to the Maurepas Swamp, northwest of New Orleans. Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025 On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab. Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025 Those fish can include barracuda, moray eel, sea bass and others. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barracuda

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“Barracuda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracuda. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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