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Recent Examples of whaler
First settled by the Wampanoag people and later transformed into a bustling whaling hub, Nantucket is also home to a proud Portuguese community, including many descendants of Azorean immigrants who first arrived as whalers.
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New York Times, 31 July 2025
Near the Bering Strait, the crew spotted the Brunswick, incapacitated after striking ice and surrounded by other whalers preparing to buy off its goods.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Lowe's grandfather was a commercial fisherman, and his grandfather's uncles were commercial whalers, who passed down the terror of whales to the subsequent generations, Lowe said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2025
They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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New York Times, 31 July 2025
Near the Bering Strait, the crew spotted the Brunswick, incapacitated after striking ice and surrounded by other whalers preparing to buy off its goods.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Lowe's grandfather was a commercial fisherman, and his grandfather's uncles were commercial whalers, who passed down the terror of whales to the subsequent generations, Lowe said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2025
They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaler
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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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Led by investment banker Felix Rohatyn, the group had to put together a grand bargain that everyone would be willing to agree to, and to come up with the billions of dollars the city needed to survive.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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Take it from a professor and former investment banker — the creation of this plan was not an academic exercise in corporate governance.—
Shane Goodwin,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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One day in April, Noone and I rode a ferry from downtown Sydney to Manly, where Young met us on the wharf.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The evolution of pickleball Pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
11 Oct. 2025
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Three other Scottish squad reinforcements -- lock Gregor Brown, hooker Ewan Ashman and prop Rory Sutherland -- were named on the bench.—
Nick Mulvenney,
Reuters,
21 July 2025
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 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
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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
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Do the foot draggers in the legislature not know or understand the present and future risk?—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2024
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Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
28 Feb. 2022
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Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Oct. 2023
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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
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“Whaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whaler. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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