pullers

plural of puller

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Noun
  • The group of sailors trains several hours a day, sometimes practicing during off-hours, making sure their moves are perfect.
    Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Most recently, New Delhi protested against US strikes that killed three Indian sailors.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Inspired by Portugal’s traditional and contemporary flavors, Baleia also pays respect to the country’s seamen—generations of fishers, sailors and whalers—who traveled the globe and returned with culinary influence, especially from North Africa, China and the Caribbean.
    Jillian Dara, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • However, the clothing found scattered around the remains was not of the sort usually worn by seamen or officers.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • For heavy fluid loss, oral rehydration salts are best and are sold in pharmacies across most low- and middle-income countries.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • Corrosion begins when water, oxygen and salts reach steel.
    Alex Krasnok, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The journey is meant to revive a sea route not used for 300 years, and one that in the past could’ve been considered nearly impossible –– given the lack of maps and the crude vessels early navigators of the Bashi Channel once used.
    Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • The money will fund 12 community health workers, five nurse navigators and three social workers, Simpson said.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Before Werhan left the police barracks, troopers seized his phone and his clothes and took swabs of his hands and face.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, in swabs from the mummy’s skin, Sarhan and his colleagues found bacteria like Methylobaderium and Sphingomonas, both known for being resilient in tough environments and for forming biofilms.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In Outbound, 2023, oarsmen paddle a boat out to sea, escorted by sinister seagulls.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Where the Battle of the Gullet struggles isn’t to do with how handmade the gunwales are, nor how battered the oars.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • In retaliation, Poseidon whips up the ocean, shredding sails, cracking oars, sweeping Odysseus and his men overboard.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.
    R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Pullers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pullers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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