sportfisherman

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Recent Examples of sportfisherman Petersburg area, include the 108-foot Sunseeker Casino Royale, the Buddy Davis sportfisherman Permit, and the racing sailing yacht En Garde. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2023 Rodulfo Figueroa, left, head of Mexico’s federal immigration office in Baja California, during a news conference on Tuesday in San Diego to address Mexico’s requirements for U.S. sportfishermen. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2019 Every few minutes a big sportfisherman or ferry churned up deep-troughed wake, over which the boat floated level like a duck. Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018 Boats: Powerboats include motoryachts, superyachts (100 feet and longer), cruisers and sportfishermen. Steve Waters, miamiherald, 11 Feb. 2018 Could the state reduce the number of commercial setnet salmon fishermen in Cook Inlet, possibly leaving more fish for dipnetters, commercial gillnetters and sportfishermen? Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2018 The harvests angered sportfishermen, who complained that the trimming procedure drove fish way. Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportfisherman
Noun
  • In November 2024, military officials in England announced that a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Scotland was confirmed to be the HMS Hawke, a British cruiser sunk by a torpedo during World War I, killing more than 500 crew members on board.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Magnano got out of his cruiser and approached his fellow officers before almost immediately yelling for Steven Jones to drop the knife, according to the video.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The two-seat city runabout will be powered by an all-new Electric Compact Architecture (ECA) developed in-house by Smart.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The Sidekick proved to be a nifty runabout from one end of the property to the other.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The 12-cabin cruiser Pure Amazon is Abercrombie & Kent's first voyage on these waters and is part of the brand's Sanctuary collection, which will also include the soon-to-launch riverboat Nile Seray.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The boat was a large cabin cruiser, Queen City News reported.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The burglars fled northwest on Lincoln Avenue in a black sedan, police said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The couple was picked up by a driver named Javier in a 2023 Kia K5 sedan.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • SailGP features identical hydrofoil catamaran boats that can go more than 60 miles per hour.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The hydrofoil tested in the study carried two rows of these coils, each powered by small electrical motors called actuators.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Sportfisherman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportfisherman. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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