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Recent Examples of angler
Part of the plan to protect imperiled Keys reefs included designating several dozen spots where no one could fish or lobster or take anything from the reef, which infuriated some local anglers.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Veteran tournament angler Gary Pope is 62 years old.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2025
Loop Road is a rural road in mainland Monroe County within the boundaries of Big Cypress National Preserve that is popular with freshwater anglers.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
The caller, who was fishing with two others, said one of the anglers had fallen into the water near the Middle Fork of the Feather River, in Mabie, about 30 miles southeast of Quincy.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Veteran tournament angler Gary Pope is 62 years old.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2025
Loop Road is a rural road in mainland Monroe County within the boundaries of Big Cypress National Preserve that is popular with freshwater anglers.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
The caller, who was fishing with two others, said one of the anglers had fallen into the water near the Middle Fork of the Feather River, in Mabie, about 30 miles southeast of Quincy.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angler
Noun
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The doc feature turns on Vicky a trans fisherwoman whose acceptance by her fishing village signals a new era of gender tolerance in the community.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
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The diving fisherwomen of South Korea’s Jeju Island, who harvest shellfish from the seafloor without breathing equipment, were a dwindling, elderly bunch when the agency recognized them, in 2016.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Also a longtime fly fisherman, Derrick Hicks was about to leave the river after a slow day near the bridge.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hot Water Music was co-founded by guitarist and singer, Chuck Ragan, who is also a passionate fly fisherman.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
20 Oct. 2024
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However, the British trawlers got smart and got harder to catch because from 1928, they were equipped with radio and started passing messages between themselves using secret codes to alert each other when Coast Guard vessels were in and out of harbour.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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With a vast deep-water area to search, team member Richard Keen, a legendary diver who previously discovered several Roman wrecks off the coast of Guernsey, decided to check with local fishermen to see if any had snagged trawler gear on an underwater obstruction.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: China Beach is said to have served as a campground for Chinese fishermen in the 1800s after the Foreign Miners Tax forced Chinese people to leave the goldfields and join fishing crews to make a living.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Angler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angler. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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