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Recent Examples of shrimper
Environmental groups and area fishermen and shrimpers are suing to block the new facility, claiming regulators have not adequately assessed the cumulative environmental impacts of it when considered alongside other LNG export facilities in the area currently operating or in the planning stages.
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2026
The resident shrimper of the Quon family died in 2016, but the pier, shrimp processing equipment, cafe and an old, idled boat on the beach are there to explore and enjoy.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Some shrimpers readily acknowledged the broad uncertainty around Mr. Trump’s tariffs and their impact.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2026
The resident shrimper of the Quon family died in 2016, but the pier, shrimp processing equipment, cafe and an old, idled boat on the beach are there to explore and enjoy.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Some shrimpers readily acknowledged the broad uncertainty around Mr. Trump’s tariffs and their impact.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimper
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As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Founded in 2003 by conceptual artist Michael Callies, a graduate of Frankfurt’s Stadelschüle, and former banker Stephan Jaax, dépendance resisted the explosive growth model pursued by many other galleries at the dawn of the millennium.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 June 2026
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Co-founded by Michael Callies, a former artist, and Stephan Jaax, a former banker, the gallery resisted expansion during its over two-decade-long history.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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In this timed challenge, captains skillfully guide workboats into tight spaces with remarkable precision.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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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
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
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 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
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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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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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