whaler

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Recent Examples of whaler The cast of Swept Away, the about-to-open Broadway musical that follows four whalers on an odyssey of survival and salvation, are a tight crew. Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024 In Nauru's history, it has been used as a supply shop for European whalers, according to CIA.gov. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024 From whalers and pirates to the intrepid explorers who made their home here, the islands have stories to tell. Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024 The largest blue whale ever found stretched 33 meters (108 feet) and was caught by whalers in the early 1900s. Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for whaler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaler
Noun
  • On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.
    Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • Central bankers cut rates three times last year and projected two more this year.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The big picture: Private equity buyers have demonstrated a willingness to pay healthy multiples for restaurant businesses, an industry banker says.
    Richard Collings, Axios, 18 Feb. 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
  • However, the special $3 PATH ferry tickets people received expired overnight and are not refundable.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Because of its ferry port with daily departures to Denmark, Kristiansand makes an obvious choice for an overnight break as part of a longer Scandinavian road trip.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Sure, they’re meant to be funny, but Tomlin inhabits each of them — from Trudy the homeless woman to Brandy and Tina, hookers tired of being interviewed by intellectuals — with affection and empathy alike.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Fight started with an Alabama shrimper who was denied benefits during COVID Derek Bateman, an independent shrimper in Alabama, spent months trying to appeal after being denied benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Using dip nets, recreational shrimpers can quickly scoop up the daily limit of five gallons of shrimp with the heads on.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Do the foot draggers in the legislature not know or understand the present and future risk?
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
    David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023

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