Touch me on land and you might get quite a shock, yet out in the ocean I carry sea turtles past the dock. I am never behind the times, always right now. What am I?
Current
Plays on the homographs: electrical current (shock), ocean current (moving water), and 'current' meaning up-to-date or happening right now.
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