as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
a book about the adventurous lives of tars, skippers, and pirates of the 18th century
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Noun
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Old Baldy has guided sailors since 1817 and is now a tourist site that includes a keeper's cottage with museum exhibits.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Farmers overapplying them in their fields can cause nitrogen-laden runoff that pollutes water and the air.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, the use of harsh chemicals pollutes water and soil during lithium extraction.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While this may cause some disruptions for those located along the northern shorelines and nearby mariners, land impacts will be to a lesser extent with the current path compared to a direct track into the Big Island.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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In their campaign so far, the Houthis have sunk four vessels and killed at least eight mariners.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The body's balance of salts, acids and blood sugar is also disrupted, causing damage to organs.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Prolonged contact with moisture, acids, or salts an cause the foil to degrade, allowing aluminum to leach into the food.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, tariff uncertainty clouds the headline growth figure.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On the third floor, The World of RH Bar and Lounge showcases highlights from other RH destinations around the world, including two jets RH One and Two, the RH Three yacht, and 26 restaurants and bars, showing how seamlessly the brand blurs the line between lifestyle and design.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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For him, the hardest questions are the ones in the gray areas, when curiosity blurs into risk.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tars. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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