Ulúa

Example Sentences

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I think of Dad going out fishing with Uncle Kai, always coming back with the most beautiful, big ulua.

From Literature

Once he let the ulua eat all the he‘e, no more. And then the ulua need for move to another bay. Took a long time bring the octopus back and make things right.”

From Literature

In Hawaii, I grew up on a street named after a fish — ulua, the biggest of the jacks, a blunt-headed silver bruiser, sometimes weighing more than a hundred pounds, that glowers along the reef.

From New York Times

Cerros Escalante led a local group called “Communities United,” which was active in hamlets near the Rio Ulúa and which opposed the El Tornillito hydroelectric dam.

From Seattle Times

And no region of Honduras has suffered more than the flood-prone valley surrounding San Pedro Sula, the country’s second-largest city and industrial center, where the storms caused the Chamelecón and Ulúa rivers to breach their banks, sending surges crashing into densely populated working-class neighborhoods.

From Washington Post