Thesaurus results for PULLER

puller

noun

Definition of puller

as in sailor

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Recent Examples of puller 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 The thermoplastic rubber cuff puller makes for swift and even positioning. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 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 The codefendant, Moudy, who is not the trigger puller, got a 45-year sentence. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 19 May 2026

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Noun

During the town hall, Caudle told a sailor who was evacuated from Bahrain that officials are working on retrieving belongings that were left behind because the Navy does not have imminent plans to return to the same level of footprint on the base.

— Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
The one that Northrop Grumman and artificial intelligence and quantum tech firm SandboxAQ have developed is similar to a trick that's used by sailors.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

Once a logger in the Rizal province, Gianan now uses his intimate knowledge of the terrain as a master navigator of this limestone ecosystem.

— Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In that moment, the coach’s role transformed from tactical advisor to emergency navigator.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of navigator

Noun

According to detectives, forensic evidence collected through the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Slide Project was compared with a DNA swab from Shipe and produced a match.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
Both Jean and Vivian, through swab tests, give samples of their DNA.

— Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 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

Noun

The salt coolant used in these systems freezes at roughly 932 degrees Fahrenheit (500 degrees Celsius).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
The masa must then be mixed with fat, broth and salt and aerated to achieve the right consistency before the tamales can be assembled, carefully wrapped and cooked.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of salt

Noun

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
Salge also notes no big issues with tar spot or fungus – things which can damage maple leaves.

— Eric Fisher, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tar

Noun

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
Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter, according to court records.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 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

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