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Recent Examples of seafarer And today, a thriving student population keeps the city feeling youthful and fun with plenty of bars and pubs; many have been serving pints to seafarers since the 1500s. Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 3 June 2025 What to know about the seafarers The blobs are not jellyfish but colonies of polyps similar to the Portuguese man-of-war, according to JellyWatch. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Why, as the famous seafarer's prayer asks, is thy sea so great and my boat is so small? Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025 The tiny seafarers have been seen along the west coast as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico, iNaturalist data shows. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seafarer
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Noun
  • An old safe that once contained drunken sailors’ valuables sits in the back corner.
    Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
  • Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two and killing four sailors.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The next two hours would be a race against time and Mother Nature as conditions on the lake rapidly deteriorated, faster than many locals and longtime mariners had ever seen.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • As of June 12, the ship was still partially sunken about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, and a broadcast notice was issued telling mariners to avoid the area, according to officials.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Think of them as corporate navigators—less GPS, more compass.
    Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Lesson 4: Less data, better decisions Without her phone, my wife had to relinquish her customary role as the navigator.
    JJ Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Seafarer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seafarer. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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