How to Use orca in a Sentence

orca

noun
Definition of orcanext
  • Rescuers hope to spare the whale the fate of an orca that strayed into the Seine and died in May.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Rescuers had hoped to spare the whale the fate of an orca that strayed into the Seine and died in May.
    — Thomas Adamson, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Watch for humpbacks and orcas, black and brown bears — and more.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • That’s not the case for orcas, which are massive and free-swimming.
    — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Like the orcas, the kings are today at the mercy of years of human choices.
    — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Tsuchiya says the orcas appeared to be struggling to breathe and are unable to swim free.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Part of its fluke has torn away, and there are orca teeth marks along its flanks and under its jaw.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
  • At one point, a pod of orca whales surrounded the vessel and breached again and again.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022
  • Kendall-Bar says that the team believes the seals sleep in this way to avoid sneak attacks from orcas or great white sharks.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Giles says the new orca was first seen by a person fishing off the Oregon coast on April 28.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • But the relationship soured in the months after the orca died Aug. 18.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • The orca whales involved in the encounter do not migrate and can be seen in the area year-round, according to the PWWA.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
  • This isn’t the first time orcas and other marine species have struggled due to drift ice.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • No, not one of the Puget Sound orcas, but still an orca that didn’t deserve that kind of treatment.
    — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 30 July 2022
  • Scientists have observed a lone orca killing a great white shark for the first time.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The model megalodon’s jaws could open wide enough to gobble a 26-foot orca in as few as five bites.
    — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Each part of the totem is significant, from the massive Chinook salmon at the base to the child sitting on the orca’s back.
    — Julia Lerner, oregonlive, 11 May 2022
  • This led people to cheer for the orcas on social media.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In May, an orca died in the Seine after attempts failed to lure it back to the ocean using a drone emitting whale sounds.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Its surfing is among the best in the world, but take a boat out in the summer for possible orca sightings.
    — Joe Minihane, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The park did not specify what kind of infection killed the orca.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The footage may shed new light on the way white sharks try to evade orca attacks: staying within sight of their predator.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The curious orca then turns and swims away in search of an easier meal.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The Salmon River runs through town, and Icy Strait is home to salmon, halibut, seals, humpback whales, orcas, and sea otters.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The orca, now believed to be around 57, is the oldest in captivity.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Plans to move the orca from Miami to the Pacific Northwest were in motion at the time of Lolita's death.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There are no verified instances of orcas killing humans in the wild.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • The whale-capture industry argued that there were many orcas in the sea, and that some could be sustainably caught.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The memes first popped up in May and continued to trend every time an orca seemed to partake in an act of revenge on humans.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The whale-capture industry argued that there were many orcas in the sea and some could be sustainably caught.
    — Freida Frisaro, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023

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