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Recent Examples of fisherwoman
Thompson plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through snowbound northern Minnesota and interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The ship, named after Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman according to FFC, was launched from Sicily, Italy on June 1.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 June 2025
But at least one fisherwoman is using social media to her advantage.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
The enterprise trains local fishermen and their families—including fisherwomen, whose roles have been largely erased by modern norms—in leather tanning, sewing, and sustainable fishing practices.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
For years, the fisherwoman has lived in the heart of this national park, located on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca.
—Gwendolina Duval, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The ship, named after Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman according to FFC, was launched from Sicily, Italy on June 1.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 June 2025
But at least one fisherwoman is using social media to her advantage.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
The enterprise trains local fishermen and their families—including fisherwomen, whose roles have been largely erased by modern norms—in leather tanning, sewing, and sustainable fishing practices.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
For years, the fisherwoman has lived in the heart of this national park, located on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca.
—Gwendolina Duval, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherwoman
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While digging for worms, the fisherman uncovered a massive collection of 12th-century silver.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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The law also places restrictions on commercial fishermen, shippers and other marine industries.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.—
Literary Hub
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Money speaks, the land listens, where the Anarchist skulked, where the horsethief plied his trade, we fishers of Americans will cast our nets of perfect ten-acre mesh, leveled and varmint-proofed, ready to build on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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See it In Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, fishers caught four crab-eating frogs, Fejervarya moodiei, marking the first record of this species in the province.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Fisherwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherwoman. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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