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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.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025
Fight started with an Alabama shrimper who was denied benefits during COVID
Derek Bateman, an independent shrimper in Alabama, spent months trying to appeal after being denied benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Using dip nets, recreational shrimpers can quickly scoop up the daily limit of five gallons of shrimp with the heads on.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
According to Facebook posts made about the search and rescue attempt, the Coast Guard searched throughout the night between November 30 and December 1.
Per Alabama TV station WKRG reporting, Wooley was a father of four and is a seasoned fisherman and shrimper.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025
Fight started with an Alabama shrimper who was denied benefits during COVID
Derek Bateman, an independent shrimper in Alabama, spent months trying to appeal after being denied benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Using dip nets, recreational shrimpers can quickly scoop up the daily limit of five gallons of shrimp with the heads on.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
According to Facebook posts made about the search and rescue attempt, the Coast Guard searched throughout the night between November 30 and December 1.
Per Alabama TV station WKRG reporting, Wooley was a father of four and is a seasoned fisherman and shrimper.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimper
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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Could Otega Oweh’s near half-court, 32-foot buzzer beater — a banker, no less — for Kentucky be as famous and memorable as Christian Laettner’s turnaround jumper for Duke to beat Kentucky in 1992?—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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One Ojos volunteer quipped that the agents worked banker’s hours.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
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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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The trope of the hooker-in-the-dumpster is as old as TV itself.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hayley — who turns out to be a hooker who does secretarial admin on the side and not an executive assistant who occasionally threesomes — is extorting him for $750,000.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 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
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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
Noun
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On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Nov. 2019
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The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said.—
Ben Kesslen,
NBC News,
25 Nov. 2019
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“Shrimper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrimper. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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