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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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So all this would not have been possible without the generosity of Alaskan Inuit whalers.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Nov. 2025
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Because cranberries kept well and retained their vitamin C, sailors and whalers once relied on them to help prevent scurvy during long voyages.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
22 Nov. 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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Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker, joined xAI and X as Chief Financial Officer in the fall, while Shulkin, a partner at Valor Equity, also took a new role at xAI late last year, people familiar with the company said.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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From classic 1980s silhouettes that still hold up today to a more modern take on the classic banker’s lamp, read on for our top picks for the best desk lamps out there.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
6 Jan. 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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The live music comes at no additional cost beyond the regular ferry fare.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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This remote spot can be reached by ferry (April through December) or plane from Charlevoix, Michigan.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 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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But a report from Norway's public broadcaster NRK and open-source information showed Russian fishing trawlers made more than a dozen passes over the area before the damage occurred.—
Joanne Stocker,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
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Larsen’s camera rarely closes in on its subject, sometimes distantly circling her in ever-grander widescreen swoops, and taking in stray signs of further life in the process: a lighthouse in the background, a trawler ship ominously on the horizon.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Nov. 2025
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 10 Jan. 2026.
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