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Recent Examples of crewman
The beloved character is depicted here as a promising but rebellious Royal Navy air crewman who's recruited by MI6.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Among those saved were two Korean babies born on board, and the last surviving American crewman, all set to join this year’s event.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
That's when a crewman on the Kinei Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, spotted the white hull of the Cairo III.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Among those saved were two Korean babies born on board, and the last surviving American crewman, all set to join this year’s event.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
That's when a crewman on the Kinei Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, spotted the white hull of the Cairo III.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewman
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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Todd Meadows, a 25-year-old deckhand on the Aleutian Lady, died as a result of an accident during production.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Episodes will feature Meadows, who joined the Aleutian Lady as a deckhand in May 2025.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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This lead seamen to believe that the bananas had caused the ship to sink, and the superstition continues to stay in effect around docks down South.—
Abby Fribush,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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Then, noticing changes in the wind and the rocking of the boat, an uneasiness crept over the veteran seaman.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to it, there are parties and gatherings at yacht clubs for sailors from all around who have built friendships off the water through the years.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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For once, everyone is more or less rowing the boat in the same direction, with a determined coxswain at the front.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wauconda police said students at Wauconda High School came forward to report Faulkner, who works for the College of Lake County and is assigned to Wauconda High School as a college and career navigator.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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People too often imagine the Church as having played second fiddle in colonial history, jumping on opportunities opened up by the actions of kings, navigators, and merchants.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, a backlog of 18,000 merchant mariner credentials has built up, delaying the certification of workers essential to maritime commerce.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Danielson remembers Lind, an affable old mariner then in his seventies, complimenting them on their docking skills, and introducing himself as the owner of the Robert Gray, a 125-foot Army Corps of Engineers research vessel built in 1936.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels, including oil and gas tankers and cargo ships, have been stuck in the Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Around 20,000 seafarers have also been stuck aboard their ships since the start of the war.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crewman. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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