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Recent Examples of whaler
But the show about the lengths four whalers go to survive a New England shipwreck has found new life – in New England.
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Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Along the waterfront, weatherboard cottages lean into stories of whalers and missionaries—their gardens bursting with hibiscus and flax.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Along the waterfront, weatherboard cottages lean into stories of whalers and missionaries—their gardens bursting with hibiscus and flax.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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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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The film follows Lucy, a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with one of her clients, an investment banker (Pascal), and her ex (Evans), a scrappy, struggling actor.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ross is a banker best known for acquiring and restructuring failed companies.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 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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Places to Visit Moreton Island A 75-minute ferry from Brisbane, Moreton is the world’s third-largest sand island—a playground of turquoise lagoons, rolling dunes, and off-grid adventures for the picking.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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Once Hull 096 has passed its sea trials, it will be used as a ferry in South America.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Nov. 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 12 Nov. 2025.
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