angler

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Recent Examples of angler Free live bait — sardines — and available tackle put real deep-sea fishing within reach of the average angler. Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025 Entry fee is $175 per angler with a $25 late fee for those entering on tournament morning. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 The angler is Melchiore Camilleri and the diver is Edmond Cuschieri. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 An angler in Central America recently caught a rare orange shark while fishing in Costa Rica. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for angler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angler
Noun
  • Thompson plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through snowbound northern Minnesota and interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Also a longtime fly fisherman, Derrick Hicks was about to leave the river after a slow day near the bridge.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Hot Water Music was co-founded by guitarist and singer, Chuck Ragan, who is also a passionate fly fisherman.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The fishing grounds here are full of cod and dozens of trawlers dot the horizon.
    David Greig September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This deep-sea predator, characterized by its large eyes and tiny teeth, was found during bycatch surveys with shrimp trawlers.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The six-time Super Bowl-winning coach wore a fisherman's garb, complete with a wide-brim fishing hat, a heavy-duty raincoat, jeans and boots.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • In Neil Jordan’s underrated romance, Farrell plays Syracuse, a fisherman and divorced dad who one day hauls up a mysterious woman out of the water.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.
    Literary Hub August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Angler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angler. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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