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Recent Examples of sailer
Larry Ellison, a competitive sailer himself, sponsored an America’s Cup team through Oracle, and SailGP was meant to bring the excitement of sailing races to an annual season, rather than an occasional novelty.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
The musical, set in 1888, follows four sailers, including two brothers, who are struck by a violent storm that tanks their ship near the coast by New Bedford, Massachusetts.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
At sea on the newest ship, the Disney WISH, sailers can attend the engagement party of Queen Anna and Kristoff in the Kingdom of Arendelle from Frozen.
—James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
The musical, set in 1888, follows four sailers, including two brothers, who are struck by a violent storm that tanks their ship near the coast by New Bedford, Massachusetts.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
At sea on the newest ship, the Disney WISH, sailers can attend the engagement party of Queen Anna and Kristoff in the Kingdom of Arendelle from Frozen.
—James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailer
Noun
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Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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And unlike some of their peers, McDonald and Loggins have both embraced yacht rock as a genre phenomenon, even appearing in a recent documentary on the subject for HBO.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bring your favorite bottle of bubbly and pick up a lobster roll flight from Off the Hook before setting sail on the Argia schooner, which accommodates up to 49 passengers.—
Morgan Rizzo,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On a bright-blue morning in July, 2023, a team of researchers took off in a catamaran from the island of Dominica in search of sperm whales.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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Alcaraz, who recently lost the Miami Open but remains the first seed, just bought a Sunreef catamaran like his fellow sports star did in 2019.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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A couple of cutters, couple of good sliders.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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His relied heavily on his four-seam fastball, but mixed in the rest of his arsenal — the slider (18 times), changeup (10 times), sweeper (nine times), curveball (eight times) and cutter (five times) — to keep opponents off balanced.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Sailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailer. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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