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Recent Examples of deckhand
Girardeau also works as a deckhand for Newport Coastal Adventure, which offers ocean tours and sightseeing excursions.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
Glenn texts a staffing agent looking for a replacement deckhand.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
After Harry asks Wihan for clarification, Wihan calls a deck meeting to emphasize that there is no lead deckhand.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
Glenn texts a staffing agent looking for a replacement deckhand.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
After Harry asks Wihan for clarification, Wihan calls a deck meeting to emphasize that there is no lead deckhand.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deckhand
Noun
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The Indonesian crewmen earned about $330 per month but did not know how much the North Koreans made.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Only two of the crewman were pulled into the other lifeboat that held Minch and his family, and the vessel bobbed in the darkness amid rough weather for 10 hours, experts said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Its investigators also obtained video clips that mentioned North Koreans being on board and showed shipmates speaking in Korean.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
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From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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But those launches are usually accompanied by airspace and maritime warning notices to ensure pilots and sailors steer clear of the test.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.—
Jenna West,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
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Another Los Gatos boat that claimed silver medals was the Women’s Under 15 Quad-x with a coxswain.—
Phil Jensen,
The Mercury News,
25 June 2024
Noun
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Minor events regularly cause radio outages for mariners and short-wave radio users.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The drop poses risks for mariners operating in typically safe zones, potentially increasing the chance of vessel groundings or damage.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All international and domestic flights were grounded as air traffic controllers joined seafarers, train drivers, doctors, lawyers and teachers in a 24-hour general strike to pay tribute to the victims of the crash.—
Reuters,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The removal of the HRA from the Somali basin increased confidence among shipping companies and seafarers.—
Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Look at this first-quarter possession: Nembhard is the Pacers’ best on-ball defender and an elite screen navigator.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Opposing big men aren’t skilled screen navigators because they just aren’t used to that being required of them.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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