Sentence examples for pod of about from inspiring English sources

A pod of about 15 dolphins swam up the Percuil River in Cornwall and were beached, and rescuers said other dolphins appeared to have responded to their distress cries.

But it has recently begun traveling with a pod of about ten belugas, all believed to be juvenile or young adult males. .

The fruit, a bean pod, reaches its full length of about 8 inches (20 cm) in four to six weeks but may take up to nine months to mature.

A few years ago, I heard about a pod of shad spotted resting at the junction of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc Rivers, presumably pausing to decide which branch to swim up.

In January 2009, Mr. Austin was off to the Caribbean island of Dominica to find a pod of sperm whales he'd heard about from whale biologists.

These cetaceans are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world, usually in pods (groups) of about 15 to 20; solitary males, however, may wander into colder regions.

The BDMLR was alerted to a pod of 21 pilot whales that had become stranded at Brogaig Bay on Skye at about 4am.

When the pod of whales was sighted in December, in the Jordan Basin, about 70 miles south of Bar Harbor, the individual whales were well known.

I wrote two weeks ago about Times editors' plans to dismantle its environment pod of reporters and editors dedicated to coverage of the environment.

While others in his pod of pathetics were sternly holding up their white flags, he seemed ambivalent about hoisting his own placard.

Not merely fish — a pod of whales.