as in fisherman
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Dream Pairs Fisherman Sandals $30 $26 at Amazon Last summer, celebrity mom Katie Holmes made a splash walking around Manhattan in fisherman sandals.—
Claudia Fisher,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025 -
The veteran fisherman, who is based in Kentucky, landed an enormous alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) after chasing it for more than two miles.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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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
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Sarah Bates, a commercial fisher based at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, said the ongoing closure has stripped many boat owners of most of their income.—
Alastair Bland | CalMatters,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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In 2020, a group of industrial fishers filed a lawsuit alleging that the government’s restriction on an 8-nautical-mile-long zone was unconstitutional.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Fisherfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherfolk. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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