The phrase
"dead whale" refers to a situation or thing that is inactive, unproductive, or useless. It is often used to describe something that no longer has any value or purpose.
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Sentences with «dead whale»
- They can last for decades, perhaps as long as a century, and support a succession of weird and wonderful organisms, some of which only live on dead whales. (newscientist.com)
- From «immortal» jellyfish that age in reverse, to zombie bone worms that eat the skeletons of dead whales, the ocean is full of bizarre characters. (scientificamerican.com)
- Smith, a marine biologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been sinking dead whales in this way since 1992. (newscientist.com)
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