Thesaurus results for KAYAKER

kayaker

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as in sailor

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Recent Examples of kayaker Monroe County investigators said police in Brownstown Township received a report on July 3 of a missing 30-year-old kayaker in the vicinity of Celeron Island, which is north of the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 12 July 2026 By the time members of the Southampton Town Police, Volunteer Ambulance, Fire Department and Marine Patrol arrived at the scene, the kayaker was bringing Paolasin's unresponsive body to the shore, police told The Southampton Press. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 Out on the wall, a lockkeeper is trying to guide the kayaker into position. — Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026 The kayaker has been identified as Michael Picklesimer of Blairsville, Georgia, according to the Clay County Progress. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026 The Douglas County Underwater Search and Recovery team found the body of the kayaker, a 20-year-old Olathe man, Monday morning near the Clinton Marina, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026 Nahida Bristy’s remains were found Sunday in a garbage bag discovered by a kayaker whose fishing line got snagged, said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. — Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026 Mateo, who is also from Boise, is a competitive kayaker. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026 Emergency crews responded to an area of the river just south of Harbor Park in the evening hours on the report of a kayaker in distress, according to the Portland Fire Department. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026

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The partnership follows Fathom5’s success in Phase III of the Defense Innovation Unit’s NextMRO Prize Challenge, where the company demonstrated software that turned operational Navy maintenance data into applications designed for use by sailors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997.

— Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

The operator of a tugboat that was pushing a construction barge that ran over a sailboat last summer in Biscayne Bay, killing three summer campers, pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter in federal court on Tuesday.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Made famous by Jewish-style delis in Richmond, Virginia, to satisfy the appetites of local Navy seamen, the Sailor sandwich is a meat-centric indulgence.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

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Passed in 1920, the Jones Act requires that all shipments by water within the United States, including by ocean, be made on ships that are built in America, owned by American companies, and crewed by American mariners.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Centcom said the operation was intended to further diminish Tehran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

— Joseph Wilkins,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of mariner

Noun

Next up is a 38% markdown on the Fitbit Versa 4 smartwatch, a personal health navigator that tracks your metrics.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington.

— Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

Definition of navigator

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The ripe salt-sea smell, raw and delicious and foul, that rose up from the platform and haunted the marsh for miles around, was today tamped down by the freshwater air blowing down from the north.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Prevent obesity and promote healthy diets and physical activity, including measures that improve the food environment, such as reducing excessive sugar and salt content in foods.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

Definition of salt

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Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Tehran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers, killing at least two seafarers and injuring more than a dozen this month.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of seafarer

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