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Recent Examples of crewman
The beloved character is depicted here as a promising but rebellious Royal Navy air crewman who's recruited by MI6.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Among those saved were two Korean babies born on board, and the last surviving American crewman, all set to join this year’s event.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
That's when a crewman on the Kinei Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, spotted the white hull of the Cairo III.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Among those saved were two Korean babies born on board, and the last surviving American crewman, all set to join this year’s event.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
That's when a crewman on the Kinei Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, spotted the white hull of the Cairo III.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewman
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … FROZEN PERIL — Cause of death revealed for 'Deadliest Catch' deckhand Todd Meadows, 25.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The official cause of death has been determined for Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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This lead seamen to believe that the bananas had caused the ship to sink, and the superstition continues to stay in effect around docks down South.—
Abby Fribush,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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Then, noticing changes in the wind and the rocking of the boat, an uneasiness crept over the veteran seaman.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the base’s security personnel, sailors and the base’s fire department staff will participate, Smith said.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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Across the chain, all profits are funneled back into the Navy and help to fund its morale, welfare and recreation programs, which offer sailors and their families access to services like day cares, gyms, counseling and community events.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Ryan Baker,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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For once, everyone is more or less rowing the boat in the same direction, with a determined coxswain at the front.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Historical context The Portuguese first arrived in India after the navigator Vasco da Gama’s voyages (1497–99, 1502–03, and 1524) opened the sea route from western Europe to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
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Connecting with financial counselors, patient navigators and care coordinators could help young patients on public insurance or those who lack insurance navigate the system.—
Rhonda Winegar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The goal is speed and dominance, but also restraint, especially when dealing with civilian mariners who may be caught in the middle of a military operation.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ross’ second husband, mariner Joseph Ashburn, served the Revolution as a privateer and died in an English prison.—
Marla Miller,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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It is equipped with fold-out platforms, a large glass-bottom pool, and a lounge with a DJ booth, meaning seafarers can play with water toys by day and cut shapes by night.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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Martín Izaguirre Salgado, a seafarer who has been stuck on board his company’s oil tanker in the Persian Gulf since late February, said as of Thursday, they were still stuck.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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