Thesaurus results for WHALER

whaler

noun

as in whaleboat

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Recent Examples of whaler 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 Arctic explorers, such as the British whaler William Scoresby, struggled to navigate expanding sea ice. —

Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025 The man — who has not been publicly identified — sustained two shark bites that are believed to be from a large bronze whaler shark, said Shark Watch South Australia, an online community dedicated to sharing shark incidents, citing a public report. —

Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 These waters are the only ones in Australia where divers can spot inquisitive Galápagos whaler sharks. —

Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences 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
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