Recent Examples on the WebHis shipmates bury him on land, marking his grave with his prosthetic wooden horse leg.—EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023 Our hearts go out to the family members, loved ones, friends, and shipmates who are grieving for these two brave Americans.—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024 More weather stations started sharing the duty of forecasting storms, and shipmates started sharing weather observations from the water.—Carol Thompson The Detroit News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2023 The cork life jackets worn by many of the Bradley's shipmates simply were not effective, the Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation determined after reviewing the incident.—Carol Thompson The Detroit News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2023 If a moment comes where they’re overpowered, their shipmates will help them out, and vice versa.—Charles Solomon, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 In the two decades since the attack, 10 more shipmates have also died.—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 Her shipmates are co-narrators, with snippets of their interviews peppered throughout her prose.—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023 Even while the ceremony was going on, the state was moving ahead with plans for a new highway and bridge, ignoring protests from residents, including descendants of the shipmates, who didn’t want to see their ancestors’ homes demolished.—Nick Tabor, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
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