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Recent Examples of fisherwoman
In it, a former summer resident returns to a coastal hamlet, now sinking under the sea, sparks memories and desires in a fisherwoman and her young grand-daughter.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Whitman is reportedly an avid fly fisherwoman.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
In each port, travelers can expect excursions that are both heart-pounding and dip into the local culture, like a helicopter flight over the towering Mahoney Falls or a local seafood tasting led by an Alaskan fisherwoman.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
The film follows a lonely fisherwoman who asks a master basket weaver to build her a husband out of wood, only to become the envy of the village that once shunned her.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
The oddball fable from directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer made its premiere at this weekend's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where audiences were treated to a delightfully weird premise: Wicker tells the tale of a fisherwoman who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Colman plays as a fisherwoman, her village’s outcast, who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Whitman is reportedly an avid fly fisherwoman.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
In each port, travelers can expect excursions that are both heart-pounding and dip into the local culture, like a helicopter flight over the towering Mahoney Falls or a local seafood tasting led by an Alaskan fisherwoman.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
The film follows a lonely fisherwoman who asks a master basket weaver to build her a husband out of wood, only to become the envy of the village that once shunned her.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
The oddball fable from directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer made its premiere at this weekend's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where audiences were treated to a delightfully weird premise: Wicker tells the tale of a fisherwoman who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Colman plays as a fisherwoman, her village’s outcast, who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherwoman
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This study builds on earlier anthropology research that found ritual behavior flourished under uncertainty, such as fishermen saying prayers when heading into dangerous seas.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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Narrated by the reporter Dugan Arnett, the series begins on a summer night in 2018, with audio of a 911 call from a fisherman on a scalloping boat called the Little Tootie, where a frenzied man with bloodshot eyes and a pistol has come aboard, looking for drugs.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Filipino fisherfolk depend on these waters, and neither water cannons nor ramming will deter us.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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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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For many fishers in the region, hunting these fish down using compound bows and arrows have become a local sport — and the state of Maryland hopes that promoting bowfishing can help curb the growth of the population.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Every June, Oceans Month reminds us that the ocean connects us all — to see the connection between the creek behind a neighborhood and the deep Atlantic, between a crabber on the Chesapeake and a fisher in the South Pacific and between local action and planetary consequence.—
Serena C. McIlwain,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2026
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“Fisherwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherwoman. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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