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Recent Examples of deckhand
Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Last season, she got ditched by a deckhand for another supermodel-looking crew member.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Robert Phillips Deckhand, Below Deck Season 8 This fill-in deckhand made his mark by slagging off Izzy Wouters after she was promoted to lead deckhand over him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Last season, she got ditched by a deckhand for another supermodel-looking crew member.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Robert Phillips Deckhand, Below Deck Season 8 This fill-in deckhand made his mark by slagging off Izzy Wouters after she was promoted to lead deckhand over him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deckhand
Noun
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Spielberg skipped the final day of shooting and was afraid disgruntled crewmen would throw him in the water.—
Jim Beckerman,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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That night at the pub, Buck and Bucky get into it with some RAF crewmen.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2024
Noun
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And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Noun
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While the boorish behavior of Twain’s shipmates is cataloged throughout (snapping off pieces of ancient monuments for souvenirs, for instance), his most flamboyant portrayal is a self-portrait.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Tristan was a sailor who captained the school’s forty-foot yacht.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Read Next California Navy sailor killed answering unexpected knock in 2021, CA cops say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Recommendations From the Washington Post, a story on what a rowing coxswain does.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Throughout the race, the coxswain—who sits at the front of the boat—motivates the crew, steers the course and checks technique along the way.—
Caitlin MacGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, the Highway Patrol has two requirements for young mariners.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2025
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Curious, the mariners decided to investigate using an underwater camera.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The reenactment helped illustrate just how skilled and coordinated the original seafarers would have needed to be to pull off such a voyage.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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Those cargo ships are staffed by seafarers who work at the very cusp of change and conflict.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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During last week’s budget conference, the Florida House moved to strip all funding from the Office of Hope Florida and its navigators.—
Anne Watts Tressler,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Some minor repairs were needed on the Electra, and Earhart—now concerned about her navigator’s sobriety—delayed departure by a day.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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