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Recent Examples of seiner
Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
After five years in the U.S. Army, Herring had become a deckhand on a purse seiner off the coast of Maine.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings.
—Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019
Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish.
—Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
After five years in the U.S. Army, Herring had become a deckhand on a purse seiner off the coast of Maine.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings.
—Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019
Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish.
—Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seiner
Noun
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Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were significantly decimated.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
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The dastardly whalers brutally kill the Tulkun, and Quaritch joins a whaling expedition to snuff out Jake Sully and his family.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Participants will be limited to two large cardboard banker boxes or paper boxes not to exceed 10 pounds each.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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His father was a banker for Georgia Railroad Bank, which became First Union, and his mother was a schoolteacher.—
Mark Curriden,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cumberland Island Accessible only by ferry or private boat, Cumberland Island is one of the most scenic places on the East Coast.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some shrimpers readily acknowledged the broad uncertainty around Mr. Trump’s tariffs and their impact.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Real Deal Even when shrimpers like Nacio innovate to become more efficient, their product can still be undercut by false advertising.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The increasing alienation leaves fisherman Magnús (Sverrir Guðnason) living offshore on a big trawler as his hold on domestic security slips.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Greece has come under scrutiny for its treatment of migrants and refugees approaching by sea, including a shipwreck in 2023 in which hundreds of migrants died after what witnesses said was the coast guard’s attempt to tow their trawler.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Snooks Moore comes from a long line of commercial Cook Inlet fishers and is herself a sixth-generation gillnetter.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Mar. 2022
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In Puget Sound, gillnetter Pete Knutson competes against 70-foot purse seiners that are usually corporate-owned.—
Richard Adams Carey,
WSJ,
25 Apr. 2018
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“Seiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seiner. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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