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Recent Examples of sea captain
The Bluff stars Chopra Jonas as a former pirate captain who hung up her sword for a tranquil life until her sea captain is kidnapped by a former nemesis.
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
This 1847 sea captain’s mansion is located in the heart of downtown historic Cambridge, ideal for walking to area restaurants, pubs, and art galleries.
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Katie Riley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Nov. 2025
That mindset has shaped my journey from sea captain to serial entrepreneur.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
This 1847 sea captain’s mansion is located in the heart of downtown historic Cambridge, ideal for walking to area restaurants, pubs, and art galleries.
—
Katie Riley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Nov. 2025
That mindset has shaped my journey from sea captain to serial entrepreneur.
—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
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Even the commander seemed to be smiling.
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Ukraine’s drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said Kyiv had attacked Sevastopol’s main power substation seven times in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly then challenged the call at the plate, but that call stood after another wait of 1 minute, 34 seconds.
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The Mets dismissed manager Buck Showalter with one year left on his contract to accommodate Stearns, allowing the executive to select his own skipper.
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Jean Potvin spent his last two seasons as an Islanders spare part while his brother and captain accepted the Stanley Cup the first two of four consecutive times.
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Her father Dudley Dunn -- a veteran of World War I and the son of Gray Dunn, a famed Mississippi River boat captain -- died in 1934, according to Sesser.
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And the fact that her records are all bangers and no skips helps.
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Most of the tour’s SoCal appearances have had two opening acts, Lucinda Williams and the John Doe Folk Trio, and there are no skips in that triple-bill.
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The surgeon general's rank is three-star vice admiral.
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The Navy is likely tracking ships linked to Iran through satellites, drones and other forms of surveillance as well as each commercial vessel’s past history, said Kevin Donegan, a retired vice admiral and former commander of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain.
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Local and state officials have not identified the officer who opened fire.
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Police said officers in the area quickly located a person matching the suspect's description, prompting a foot pursuit.
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For the admiral, this has always been a revenge mission against the Sea Snake, the man who has ruled the Narrow and Summer Seas for far too long, killing her friends along the way.
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The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel.
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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captain. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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