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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
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
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
By Six Seiners Sharon said she was nearly run down by six seiners while coming down the coast from Point Arguello.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
Take a scenic drive along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up with their catch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Anyone who has ever worked aboard a seiner has horror stories of close calls, or worse.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018
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
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
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
By Six Seiners Sharon said she was nearly run down by six seiners while coming down the coast from Point Arguello.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
Take a scenic drive along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up with their catch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Anyone who has ever worked aboard a seiner has horror stories of close calls, or worse.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seiner
Noun
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They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Goldman bankers worked with Dick's on the Foot Locker deal.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Sourcing Networks: Not just bankers or auction processes—direct relationships with founders, advisors and niche operators who surface hidden opportunities.—
Genine Fallon,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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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
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
Noun
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After stopping by two monuments — the Slocum Memorial Fountain, which commemorates the victims of a 1904 ferry fire, and the Temperance Fountain, installed in 1888 to encourage people to drink water instead of alcohol — the walk was coming to a close.—
Miya Lee,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the man who ran the ferry.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Southern shrimpers face multiple challenges, including rising costs and cheaper foreign imports.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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Off the coast of southern Japan, trawlers hauled in their nets and sifted through the catch.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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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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The price tag on working gillnetters can be as low as ten grand for an out-of-repair fiberglass Rawson or as much as $400,000 for a fancy new aluminum drift boat with full refrigeration.—
John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
7 July 2018
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“Seiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seiner. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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