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Additionally, the unions are asking for officials to arrange for shore leave for the crew once the ship returns to port, as their visas expired while they’ve been stranded.
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Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024
The wooden gatehouse and cellblocks of the Old Lahaina Prison, built in the 1850s to deal with rowdy sailors on shore leave, are gone.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The ships were docked in San Francisco, where the crews were on shore leave.
—Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
Cash, like a sailor on shore leave, gets around.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
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Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024
The wooden gatehouse and cellblocks of the Old Lahaina Prison, built in the 1850s to deal with rowdy sailors on shore leave, are gone.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The ships were docked in San Francisco, where the crews were on shore leave.
—Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
Cash, like a sailor on shore leave, gets around.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
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“Shore leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore%20leave. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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