trawler

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Recent Examples of trawler In Africa, for instance, Chinese trawlers catch 100,000 metric tons of fish each year just from Ghanian waters, and the country’s fishing stocks are now in crisis, as local fishermen’s incomes have dropped by up to 40 percent over the last decade. Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024 The inaugural yachts in the series were planing trawlers designed to navigate the high seas in style. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024 As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble. Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013 The fleet also operates the world’s largest collection of bottom trawlers, which drag nets across the ocean floor, destroying coral reefs and other marine life. Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trawler 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trawler
Noun
  • Open March through December, The Pier at Garden City enthusiastically welcomes anglers of all skill levels.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The fish house also offers a learning opportunity for young anglers.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The novel was inspired by both his experience as a whaler and the Essex tragedy.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers, which has dwindled their population, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
  • The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
    Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • Hot Water Music was co-founded by guitarist and singer, Chuck Ragan, who is also a passionate fly fisherman.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Because in a town like Victor, every fly fisherman is a junkie, every tier a supplier, and word gets around about who has the best dope.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
Noun
  • The doc feature turns on Vicky a trans fisherwoman whose acceptance by her fishing village signals a new era of gender tolerance in the community.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The diving fisherwomen of South Korea’s Jeju Island, who harvest shellfish from the seafloor without breathing equipment, were a dwindling, elderly bunch when the agency recognized them, in 2016.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • According to Facebook posts made about the search and rescue attempt, the Coast Guard searched throughout the night between November 30 and December 1. Per Alabama TV station WKRG reporting, Wooley was a father of four and is a seasoned fisherman and shrimper.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In March of 2021, the month independent shrimper Derek Bateman was first able to get through to someone in his state's unemployment office, the average wait time for an appeal was 263 days.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Operators of tug, ferry and tour boats in and around New York City immediately responded to quickly evacuate 500,000 people in the area from danger.
    James Kendra, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Set to take effect on July 1 if approved, the rules apply to passenger ships over 492 feet long, encompassing most modern cruise ships but exempting Norway’s coastal ferries like Hurtigruten and Havila, which are built for year-round operation in challenging conditions.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trawler. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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