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angler

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Recent Examples of angler In fact, legendary bass angler Rick Clunn won a lot of money in the early 80s reeling a Rebel Pop-R across the surface at warp speed. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026 Before that, a 700-year-old medieval sword was reeled in by an angler fishing in Poland's Vistula River. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 The 50 walleyes also have yellow tags with contact information, just in case they are caught by a lucky angler. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for angler

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Black Bear’s Wicker, based on author Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story, The Wicker Husband, follows a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
The film stars Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who tasks a basket weaver (Peter Dinklage) with making her a wicker husband (Skarsgård).

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 July 2026

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Earlier this year, the Bandero collided with an industrial krill trawler in Antarctica in what the ship’s Norwegian owner said was a deliberate attack that endangered its crew and could have caused an environmental disaster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
As the trawler floated around Lake Jesup, the hose sucked in thousands of gallons of the murky beige-and-green water, and siphoned it into a holding tank.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of trawler

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There’s the longtime police lieutenant, and the local career fishermen, and the seafood caterers, and the waitresses at a local restaurant—a couple of party-happy Irish girls, and a beleaguered Australian.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Without warning, a pair of drones either dropped explosives or crashed into the boats, hitting La Negra Francisca Duarte II on March 17 and Don Maca on March 26, according to the fishermen.

— Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of fisherman

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Fishermen say increasing competition has spurred a sharp rise in armed conflict, especially between fisherfolk from the Turkana and Dassanech ethnic groups.

— Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
Eco effort The on-site organic farm, close relations with local farmers and fisherfolk, and a total ban on single-use plastics can be expected from a resort of this calibre.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026

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