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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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One Mackay-Bennett crewman described how the ship came upon a cluster of 100 corpses on the second day of the search.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Now, in a statement to Fox News Digital, National Museum of Denmark archaeologist David John Gregory said the two ships carried between 600 and 700 African slaves at the time of the sinking, plus around 100 crewmen.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Lunde had joined the merchant fleet as a seaman in 1934.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Glimpses of Magnús alone in his cabin on the boat, or his prickly interactions with insensitively prying shipmates, quietly reveal his gnawing sense of solitude.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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One of the Indonesian shipmates recalled a time when a North Korean colleague was finally allowed to go home.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Navy also renamed the USNS Maury to the USNS Marie Tharp, removing the name of a Confederate sailor and replacing it with the name of a pioneering female oceanographer.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
3 June 2025
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Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
Noun
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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
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When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.—
Jenna West,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The 200 square miles of surrounding coral reefs proved rough for mariners, but divers now reap the benefits with some 300 shipwrecks to explore, from the 192-foot American schooner Constellation that sank during World War II to the Mary Celestia, a Civil War era paddle-wheeler.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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While no one should be outside during a hurricane, mariners, swimmers and those who live along the coast should stay out of the water even if a storm is miles away.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Why, as the famous seafarer's prayer asks, is thy sea so great and my boat is so small?—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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The tiny seafarers have been seen along the west coast as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico, iNaturalist data shows.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The leader’s role: From navigator to narrator In the AI era, leadership is less about overseeing projects and more about modeling belief.—
David Michels,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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But there are some apps that can hog energy while in use, such as navigators constantly accessing the GPS system.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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