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Recent Examples of clam
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Boston gets a lot of attention for its classics—lobster rolls, Boston cream pie, clam chowder.
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Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
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Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
When there are harmful algae blooms, health authorities sometimes put out warnings telling people not to eat mussels, clams and other types of seafood.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Boston gets a lot of attention for its classics—lobster rolls, Boston cream pie, clam chowder.
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Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Verb
Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
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Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
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Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clam
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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Two years after opening in the historic 1920s venue, Stile DTLA has unveiled its multimillion-dollar renovation.
Verb
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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.
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Visitors can fish from either the beach or the seawall along the Matanzas River on the park's west boundary.
Noun
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These travelers aren't interested in roughing it to save a few bucks either.
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James Gunn’s Judgment – The buck still has to stop with Gunn.
Verb
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In the day’s early fixture, Morocco defeated World Cup co-host Canada in Houston to seal a ticket to the quarterfinals.
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There was a similar scenario brewing in the 2018 qualifiers, but a certain Mohamed Salah carried Egypt to the World Cup in Russia, scoring five goals and netting a 94th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory over Congo to seal Egypt’s qualification.
Verb
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At Valley Paving, crews harvest the raw materials from the land, a mix of sand and gravel.
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Anyone who’s sat that long in the dark—through Ben-Hur, Jaws 3-D, and The Legend of Bagger Vance—has sown and harvested many seasons of doubt.
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“Clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clam. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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