coxswain

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Recent Examples of coxswain The acting is solid, particularly by Hadley Robinson as Joe’s love interest, Joyce, and Luke Slattery as Bobby Moch, who as the team’s coxswain doesn’t lift an oar but is in charge of navigation and steering. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023 With the stature of a coxswain at five foot two, Temple is an unlikely counterweight to two armed thugs. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023 The smoke was so thick that the coxswain could not see the bow of the ship. Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023 Hauser had been selected by a coxswain to help get other sailors to a ship. John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for coxswain
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Noun
  • Clark said the Naval Special Warfare Command reported 1,168 cases of acute gastrointestinal illnesses, such as nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, among Navy SEAL and Special Warfare Combat crewman candidates at the Coronado base from January 2019 to May 2023.
    Tammy Murga The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In 1990, Bryant married Charlie Hobson Dry, an Oklahoma native and former NASA test crewman.
    Anita Gates, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • During Below Deck's sixth season in 2018, Freeburg made headlines for saving cast member deckhand Ashton Pienaar, who was pulled overboard when a tow line wrapped around his ankle.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.
    Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Topping off his look, meanwhile, was a brimmed sailor’s hat made out of paper.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The 35-year-old father of three from Pennsylvania, who was a Navy reserve sailor for 17 years, requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For their heroic efforts, two — an ensign and a seaman — were awarded medals of honor.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The year is 1600 and a stubborn British seaman piloting a Dutch ship washes ashore in Japan.
    Nina Metz, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The feds spent $98 million on navigators last year.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Likewise, patients will likely return to a Carroll placement if Carroll is their home because the Carroll Hospital navigator will be looking for a placement in Carroll.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Next Authorities continue monitoring conditions, and mariners should check updates from the NWS before heading out.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Zoom in: The name change, first reported by Bloomberg, will affect everything from routine marine forecasts for mariners to tropical storm and hurricane forecasts.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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