Thesaurus results for PULLER

puller

noun

Definition of puller

as in sailor

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Recent Examples of puller At Miller Park, the Castaneda’s warning about Pomona Sprout being a puller resurfaced when she got excited by a flock of birds. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026 Airplanes use puller or pusher propellers to convert forward thrust into speed. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 Reich was taking advantage of Parham’s athleticism by using him as a puller. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 For one thing, cutting PCB manufacturing costs by making only half of the board hybrid (rather than implementing hybrid-switch capability for every key) and including storage for the keycap and key-switch puller are big innovations. — Francisco Lahoz, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2026 So grotesque that even the DP and the focus puller were disturbed. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 Musk creation — cinema’s premier curtain-puller on power revealing the man who has amassed so much of it. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 The biggest crowd puller is the famous black cod miso but locals have unofficially crowned the Wagyu beef and foie gras dumplings with spicy ponzu Warsaw’s favorite. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Picard trained as a lanyard man, the puller of the firing cord. — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026

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Noun

The system is designed to help the Navy detect, locate, and classify underwater mines remotely, allowing sailors to conduct mine countermeasure (MCM) operations from safer stand-off distances.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
He is venerated as a patron saint of sailors, mariners, travelers, and whales.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

Ian Estenor is a program navigator at Veterans Forward, a support and career development program run by the National Able Network.

— Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss, the legendary British Formula 1 and endurance racer, took a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to victory in that year’s Mille Miglia road race with brave navigator Denis Jenkinson at his side.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of navigator

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In March, Lancôme launched Cell BioPrint, a diagnostic device developed by parent company L’Oréal that uses a cheek swab, facial imaging, and protein biomarker analysis to assess skin biology and provide personalized recommendations.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
An oral swab to collect fluid from your upper and lower gums.

— MD Published, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of swab

Noun

Over millions of years, those extra abdominal oars were simplified, repurposed, and eventually erased entirely, leaving behind the streamlined six-legged architects of Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Behind them, Stephen Root is laughing at Kate O’Flynn holding a plastic owl over her face, while Hamish Linklater quietly tests out a pair of old-timey oars.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of oar

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Use warm metals like copper and brass as accents for candlesticks, serving platters and salt and pepper shakers, McCormick said.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Spa-like amenities — including salt therapy rooms, biometric monitoring, red-light therapy, cold plunges, saunas, hyperbaric oxygen and recovery rooms — are quickly becoming the Hermès Birkin bags of luxury real estate.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of salt

Noun

Breaking the dependency loop For people trying to quit vaping, health providers warn that switching to cigarettes reintroduces harmful toxins, tar and carbon monoxide.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The company said Venezuela assigned its new oil fields to exploit in the country’s Orinoco Belt, a region that produces thick, sludgy, tar-like oil that many US Gulf-area refining facilities are tailor made to refine.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of tar

Noun

The charge of seaman's manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

— Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Hernandez was charged with two counts of misconduct of a ship officer resulting in death under the seaman’s manslaughter statute and released on a $50,000 bond at his presentment in Manhattan federal court two days after the incident.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of seaman

Noun

On the inaugural voyage in May 2022, the passenger list included everyone from experienced, 40-cruises-under-their-belts sea dogs to first-timers; birthday-party groups to singletons.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026
Paternoster Row stands a few blocks away from the Old Bailey courts and Newgate Prison, where so many sea dogs were dragged in chains, tried and sentenced to death.

— Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024

Definition of sea dog

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