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Recent Examples of coxswain
With the stature of a coxswain at five foot two, Temple is an unlikely counterweight to two armed thugs.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
The smoke was so thick that the coxswain could not see the bow of the ship.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Hauser had been selected by a coxswain to help get other sailors to a ship.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
Petrick was a coxswain at the University of Rhode Island, before graduating in 2019, and was a coxswain for the crew team at Glastonbury High.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2021
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
The smoke was so thick that the coxswain could not see the bow of the ship.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Hauser had been selected by a coxswain to help get other sailors to a ship.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
Petrick was a coxswain at the University of Rhode Island, before graduating in 2019, and was a coxswain for the crew team at Glastonbury High.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
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After a long time, two husky young crewmen leaned down from the heaving deck of 44303, caught me by the arms, and strained to drag me aboard.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Her blockbuster 2014 holiday movie, Unbroken followed Olympian Louis Zamperini turned WWII pilot, who spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
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By the end of the picnic, the deckhands are tired and starving.Emma Soren, Vulture, 24 June 2024
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Sunny feels proud of herself and her first time as a lead deckhand.Emma Soren, Vulture, 27 May 2024
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Kelley has been performing under the stage name Harpy Daniels since 2013 and has performed in drag for their shipmates since at least 2017, while Trump was in office.Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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The ship was refurbished in 2019 and offers 10 dining options, a full-service Starbucks, and a casino for late-night bonding around the blackjack table with your new shipmates.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
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Many are more in-depth, though, including one that follows a young sailor trying to rescue their father and learning to stand on their own feet without him.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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The current flag depicts a farmer and a sailor flanking an image of moose beneath a tree on a dark blue backdrop.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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On the morning of D-Day, the English seamen were issued with cream duffle coats, which by the end of the day were blood red.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Boylan, who had not ordered a roving night watch as people slept, was convicted in 2023 of seaman’s manslaughter and sentenced in May to four years in federal prison.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
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Consult with financial navigators at patient support groups to manage debt and credit troubles.Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Birds are incredible navigators, capable of traveling thousands of miles each year to the same location.Vox Staff, Vox, 30 Sep. 2024
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The National Weather Service has issued a gale warning and high surf advisory across the coast in Northern California, calling the ocean conditions hazardous, especially for inexperienced mariners and those operating small vessels.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Third-party ship management is a growing part of the maritime industry, said Capt. Ashok Pandey, a master mariner and associate professor of maritime business at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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