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whaler

noun

Definition of whaler

as in whaleboat

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Recent Examples of whaler Men traveled the seas as whalers and sailors, bringing back knowledge from across continents. — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 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 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 People have monitored those temperatures since the 1870s, when whalers threw buckets into the sea to take rudimentary measurements. — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 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

Definition of whaleboat

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From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025

Definition of lugger

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The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian rescuers recovered more bodies from the wreck of a ferry that capsized in the Java Sea two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 64.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Portions of Highway 12 remain closed between Pony Pens and the ferry dock.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferry

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Depending on what the alleged hooker’s name was, maybe York was just trying to stay under the Valerie cap?

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of hooker

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