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The film opens in the desolate Arctic, where Victor has chased his creation, and flashes back as Frankenstein relates his life’s story to a Danish sea captain whose ship is stuck in the ice.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Nordkapp was named by an English sea captain who sailed past the cape in 1553 while searching for the Northwest Passage.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
That phrase is credited to a 19th-century sea captain, William Driver, whose story was told by a Smithsonian special report in 2013.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
In a 26-minute coda, which opened with a six-month time jump…
▲ Hapless Choi was released from prison after a six-month stint (for breaking into super-sus sea captain Park’s home) and reunited with his funny li’l buddy as well as (former) police detective Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 June 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Nordkapp was named by an English sea captain who sailed past the cape in 1553 while searching for the Northwest Passage.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
That phrase is credited to a 19th-century sea captain, William Driver, whose story was told by a Smithsonian special report in 2013.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
In a 26-minute coda, which opened with a six-month time jump…
▲ Hapless Choi was released from prison after a six-month stint (for breaking into super-sus sea captain Park’s home) and reunited with his funny li’l buddy as well as (former) police detective Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
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The Lost in Space ship was piloted by Guy Williams as the expedition commander and Lockhart's onscreen husband, Professor John Robinson, and Mark Goddard's Major West.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Still, the commander-in-chief can authorize military force without Congress, but only in response to an imminent threat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts cannot manage with the confidence and verve in handling his pitching staff last October; a rickety bullpen can make a skipper look skittish.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Giants reportedly have found their next skipper not from a major league organization but rather a college baseball program, with Tony Vitello set to become the first coach to make the jump directly from a college program to a major league dugout with no prior professional experience.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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In fact, the American captain has no hope of putting his frustration behind him anytime soon.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Washington — The first officer of a United Express flight that ran off the end of a wet runway in Roanoke, Virginia last month tried to get the captain to abort the landing twice, investigators say.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Eagles used the skip shot to net several goals from the perimeter, including the eventual winner, in securing an 11-10 victory at JSerra for the Trinity League title.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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Considering all three records, Thundercat says there are no skips.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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In mid-June, President Donald Trump nominated Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, a F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, for promotion to vice admiral and command of the Navy's strategically important 7th Fleet.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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These were bequeathed to her nephew Erik af Klint, a vice admiral in the Swedish Navy.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The measure would provide $45 billion to expand ICE’s detention capacity to nearly 100,000 beds, $14 billion for transportation and removal operations and $8 billion to hire 10,000 new deportation officers.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, my former agency the NGA is charged with both making maps (the job of explorers) and uncovering what’s really going on in those places (the job of intelligence officers).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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He Weidong, China’s number two general, and navy admiral Miao Hua, the Chinese military’s former top political officer, are the latest senior military officials to be targeted in a campaign against corruption in the People’s Liberation Army.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captain. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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