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Recent Examples of whaler
Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers, which has dwindled their population, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The cast of Swept Away, the about-to-open Broadway musical that follows four whalers on an odyssey of survival and salvation, are a tight crew.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The cast of Swept Away, the about-to-open Broadway musical that follows four whalers on an odyssey of survival and salvation, are a tight crew.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaler
Noun
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Few other central bankers have indicated any desire to cut anytime soon.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Yost’s co-director, Rohatyn, has an interest in the subject that is more than historical: his father, Felix Rohatyn, was the investment banker who engineered the city’s financial rescue.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
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Its Milan Casa Cipriani occupies a former palace, while its lower Manhattan site is housed in a converted ferry terminal.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Arriving goods can then be loaded onto electric vehicles and placed on smaller ferries at adjacent Piers 9a and 9b for transport to delivery locations like Pier 92 at W. 52nd St. in Manhattan.—
Tom Fox,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 4 May. 2025.
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