deckhand

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Recent Examples of deckhand Meadows, a rookie deckhand who joined the production in May 2025, had not yet been featured on the long-running reality series at the time of his death. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 Others include Phil Harris, a captain and part-owner of the Cornelia Marie; Justin Tennison, a deckhand on Deadliest Catch's Time Bandit; and Tony Lara, a former Deadliest Catch captain. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026 Walker had stints as a professional sport fisher and an amateur surfer before starting work as a deckhand, according to his Bravo bio. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 The family of Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows is voicing their grief following news of his sudden death. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deckhand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deckhand
Noun
  • But, at one point, a crewman on a what looked like a cargo ship raised his hand.
    Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Then overnight Sunday, officials said the second crewman had been recovered.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In the days leading up to it, there are parties and gatherings at yacht clubs for sailors from all around who have built friendships off the water through the years.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • At the same time, a backlog of 18,000 merchant mariner credentials has built up, delaying the certification of workers essential to maritime commerce.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Danielson remembers Lind, an affable old mariner then in his seventies, complimenting them on their docking skills, and introducing himself as the owner of the Robert Gray, a 125-foot Army Corps of Engineers research vessel built in 1936.
    Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More than 20,000 seafarers have been stuck on hundreds of ships in the Gulf since the war began in late February.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The organization estimates there are 20,000 seafarers on board all of those ships.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Wauconda police said students at Wauconda High School came forward to report Faulkner, who works for the College of Lake County and is assigned to Wauconda High School as a college and career navigator.
    Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • People too often imagine the Church as having played second fiddle in colonial history, jumping on opportunities opened up by the actions of kings, navigators, and merchants.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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