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Recent Examples of whaler
Because cranberries kept well and retained their vitamin C, sailors and whalers once relied on them to help prevent scurvy during long voyages.
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Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Arctic explorers, such as the British whaler William Scoresby, struggled to navigate expanding sea ice.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The man — who has not been publicly identified — sustained two shark bites that are believed to be from a large bronze whaler shark, said Shark Watch South Australia, an online community dedicated to sharing shark incidents, citing a public report.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
These waters are the only ones in Australia where divers can spot inquisitive Galápagos whaler sharks.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Arctic explorers, such as the British whaler William Scoresby, struggled to navigate expanding sea ice.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The man — who has not been publicly identified — sustained two shark bites that are believed to be from a large bronze whaler shark, said Shark Watch South Australia, an online community dedicated to sharing shark incidents, citing a public report.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
These waters are the only ones in Australia where divers can spot inquisitive Galápagos whaler sharks.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaler
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said that some of the sentiment comes from real grievances about corruption in Iran, such as the banker who embezzled millions before fleeing to Canada.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The History Behind America’s State Fair Tradition The American fair traces back to 1807, when Elkanah Watson, a banker and farmer in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, organized an exhibition to promote his sheep.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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An encroaching fog is disrupting the ferry schedule.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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The ferry departs from Ceiba, just over an hour's drive southeast from San Juan.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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The trope of the hooker-in-the-dumpster is as old as TV itself.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Some shrimpers readily acknowledged the broad uncertainty around Mr. Trump’s tariffs and their impact.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Real Deal Even when shrimpers like Nacio innovate to become more efficient, their product can still be undercut by false advertising.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Hang Seng tech index was last down 2.6%, with Xiaomi Corp as the largest dragger, falling more than 7%.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2026
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These draggers also tossed more than 48,000 chum salmon overboard in 2024, along with 4.5 million pounds of halibut, 3 million pounds of herring, and one killer whale, according to NOAA.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 Nov. 2025
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This demand fuels industrial-scale fishing operations such as bottom trawlers and purse seiners, which sweep through vast areas of ocean indiscriminately.—
Nicole Tung,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2026
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Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Oct. 2023
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“Whaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whaler. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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