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Walker had stints as a professional sport fisher and an amateur surfer before starting work as a deckhand, according to his Bravo bio.
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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
An underdogs’ crime thriller, a fisherman, his reckless daughter and a loyal deckhand catch a Colombian drug drone-submarine in their nets.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
With only three more charters left in the season, the crew has a good rhythm; a momentum that Max, butt-hurt about not being lead deckhand, intends to interrupt.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
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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
An underdogs’ crime thriller, a fisherman, his reckless daughter and a loyal deckhand catch a Colombian drug drone-submarine in their nets.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
With only three more charters left in the season, the crew has a good rhythm; a momentum that Max, butt-hurt about not being lead deckhand, intends to interrupt.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
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Attack helicopters and aircraft kept Iranian forces from getting anywhere near where the crewman was hiding.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Then overnight Sunday, officials said the second crewman had been recovered.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
5 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 Guinea …rounded by the Portuguese seaman Gil Eanes (Gilianes) in 1434, and some years later the first cargoes of slaves and gold were brought back to Lisbon.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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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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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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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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At least 12 incidents involving vessels around the strait have been confirmed since fighting began, according to two global trackers, and at least seven mariners have been killed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The organization has also said that about 20,000 seafarers, as well as port workers and crews, are impacted in the wider region.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Most seafarers are from the Philippines, Bangladesh and India and some vessels are reportedly running low on food and water.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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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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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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