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Recent Examples of whaler
Arctic explorers, such as the British whaler William Scoresby, struggled to navigate expanding sea ice.
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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
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
These waters are the only ones in Australia where divers can spot inquisitive Galápagos whaler sharks.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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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
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
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
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
Noun
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Walcott represents both Monroe and Zapata's domestic banking network, and Walcott banker Freya Myers (Michaela Watkins) was taking money from both of them to prevent their criminal transactions from being investigated.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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The banker behind the network sends an assassin, The Father (Stephen Moyer), after Peter and Isabel.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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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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Getting there involves chartering a plane or catching a flight or ferry from another island.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2026
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But each of those editions operated with central hubs in the host city, with transit set up to ferry athletes, officials, and supplies across the region.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Hayley — who turns out to be a hooker who does secretarial admin on the side and not an executive assistant who occasionally threesomes — is extorting him for $750,000.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 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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These draggers also tossed more than 48,000 chum salmon overboard in 2024, along with 4.5 million pounds of halibut, 3 million pounds of herring, and one killer whale, according to NOAA.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 Nov. 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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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 22 Feb. 2026.
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