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someone who catches fish
fishermen sorting out their catch
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Enlisting their quintessentially Italian ingenuity, the fashion magnates took over the Fay brand which was, at the time, a producer of technical garments for fishermen and firefighters, and set their sights on adapting the firmly utilitarian design for a luxury clientele.
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Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
As the fishermen resemble themselves less and less every day, Eva must reckon with the lingering effect that her actions had on the souls of everyone around her.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
The report put the blame on the failure of a clip of the kind that fishermen use to connect hooks and lures on their lines.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to stand trial for allegedly raping her the year before.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Owned respectively by fellow fishermen Joe De Santi and Tony Giacalone, who donated them shortly before their deaths.
—Roger Showley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
When local farmers and fishermen deemed their donkeys and fishing boats obsolete, the couple intervened, adopting the animals and preserving the boats.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, a small boat belonging to two missing fishermen was found upturned near the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to face trial on the rape allegation.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
As the fishermen resemble themselves less and less every day, Eva must reckon with the lingering effect that her actions had on the souls of everyone around her.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
The report put the blame on the failure of a clip of the kind that fishermen use to connect hooks and lures on their lines.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to stand trial for allegedly raping her the year before.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Owned respectively by fellow fishermen Joe De Santi and Tony Giacalone, who donated them shortly before their deaths.
—Roger Showley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
When local farmers and fishermen deemed their donkeys and fishing boats obsolete, the couple intervened, adopting the animals and preserving the boats.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, a small boat belonging to two missing fishermen was found upturned near the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to face trial on the rape allegation.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Fishermen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fishermen. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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