Citations:breaches
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English citations of breaches
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- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
- Again the phantom went down, but on re-appearing once more, with a stiletto-like cry that startled every man from his nod, the negro yelled out — "There! there again! there she breaches! right ahead!
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
- Presently up breaches from the bottom of the sea a bouncing great whale, with a milky-white head and hump, all crows' feet and wrinkles."
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
- "There she breaches! there she breaches!" was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to Heaven.