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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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Extend your stay in Portorosso with the 2021 short Ciao Alberto, which follows Alberto working for the intimidating fisherman Massimo (Marco Barricelli).—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cris Collinsworth, a generous fisherman, let CeeDee off the hook.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 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
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Surprisingly, local fishers described the species as an occasional bycatch when targeting fish part of the Sciaenidae family to the authors of a new study highlighting this find, led by Jack Sagumai of WWF Pacific.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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That includes rangers who were monitoring animals like the endangered Pacific fisher in California’s Yosemite National Park.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Fisherwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherwoman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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