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fisherwoman

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Recent Examples of fisherwoman Colman’s upcoming Wicker film, in which her fisherwoman character asks Peter Dinklage’s basketmaker to weave her a husband, garnered buzz after the trailer — teasing Alexander Skarsgård’s straw transformation — was released at the end of July. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Black Bear’s Wicker, based on author Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story, The Wicker Husband, follows a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband (Skarsgård). — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 The film stars Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who tasks a basket weaver (Peter Dinklage) with making her a wicker husband (Skarsgård). — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 July 2026 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. — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fisherwoman

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Bruns points out that the cost of diesel affects everything that arrives via truck, from boat supplies to the wood for the crab traps, so expenses for fishermen have risen, too.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
The Supreme Court's decision not to hear Thompson's case was one of two federal court rulings against lobster fishermen this month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Fishermen say increasing competition has spurred a sharp rise in armed conflict, especially between fisherfolk from the Turkana and Dassanech ethnic groups.

— Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
Eco effort The on-site organic farm, close relations with local farmers and fisherfolk, and a total ban on single-use plastics can be expected from a resort of this calibre.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026

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In 2025, an average of 27 commercial fishers sold approximately 42,000 lbs of ta’ape statewide, 47% more than in 2018.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Bycatch — marine life caught unintentionally while fishers target something else — makes up 2% of the pollock fishery’s total catch.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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