shipmate

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Recent Examples of shipmate While the boorish behavior of Twain’s shipmates is cataloged throughout (snapping off pieces of ancient monuments for souvenirs, for instance), his most flamboyant portrayal is a self-portrait. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025 Simpson as clone Walton gamely boasts a long, scraggly wig and barely-there sarong until he’s rescued by his shipmates. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025 The North Koreans’ former shipmates remembered them showing videos of military parades and their leader, Mr. Kim, giving speeches. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 Glimpses of Magnús alone in his cabin on the boat, or his prickly interactions with insensitively prying shipmates, quietly reveal his gnawing sense of solitude. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for shipmate
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Noun
  • While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Among those saved were two Korean babies born on board, and the last surviving American crewman, all set to join this year’s event.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The song is now cherished by the families of sailors who died.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There were fitness tests twice a year, and Williams was focused on making sure her fellow sailors passed them.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Davies was born in Swindon, England, in 1944 to a hairdresser and merchant navy seaman.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a confessional, V tells us that her decision to pursue a career as a stew rather than as a deckhand had to do with the fact that being on deck reminded her too much of her late boyfriend, Beau, who died in the ocean.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the 2,000-meter 8+ race, Kate and Gabby shared the boat with a total of eight rowers plus a coxswain who steers the boat and sets the cadence.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The only real-time observations available to the mariner were shore and ship reports.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All that is covered by a rigid T-Top that protects seafarers from the elements, meaning the sky-high space can be enjoyed year-round.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Through one pilot grant, the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute restored critical training equipment, keeping our seafarers certified and the maritime economy moving.
    Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Covering Wisconsin is the state's navigator program and was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide free, impartial help signing up for coverage.
    Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Nikumaroro plays a key role in one of two rival hypotheses that seek to explain what happened to the famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, who went missing in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Shipmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipmate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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