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as in angler
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as in whaler
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Recent Examples of trawler
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
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Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
The fleet also operates the world’s largest collection of bottom trawlers, which drag nets across the ocean floor, destroying coral reefs and other marine life.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Alaskan trawlers incidentally catch, or bycatch, 141 million pounds of salmon, crab, halibut and other species each year on a decade average, according to ocean conservancy organization Salmonstate.
—Lucas E. Wright, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
The trawlers have now returned and continue to kill our river herring.
—William Hyatt, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2024
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Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
The fleet also operates the world’s largest collection of bottom trawlers, which drag nets across the ocean floor, destroying coral reefs and other marine life.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Alaskan trawlers incidentally catch, or bycatch, 141 million pounds of salmon, crab, halibut and other species each year on a decade average, according to ocean conservancy organization Salmonstate.
—Lucas E. Wright, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
The trawlers have now returned and continue to kill our river herring.
—William Hyatt, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trawler
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Field & Stream traces its origins to 1871 and is focused on hunters and anglers.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
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Those large, distant bureaucracies have little interest in making land available to the fast-growing ranks of outdoor enthusiasts — hikers, climbers, skiers, anglers with fly rods — flocking to this mostly unspoiled part of California near the Nevada border.Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Hot Water Music was co-founded by guitarist and singer, Chuck Ragan, who is also a passionate fly fisherman.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 Oct. 2024
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Because in a town like Victor, every fly fisherman is a junkie, every tier a supplier, and word gets around about who has the best dope.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
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With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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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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According to Facebook posts made about the search and rescue attempt, the Coast Guard searched throughout the night between November 30 and December 1. Per Alabama TV station WKRG reporting, Wooley was a father of four and is a seasoned fisherman and shrimper.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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In March of 2021, the month independent shrimper Derek Bateman was first able to get through to someone in his state's unemployment office, the average wait time for an appeal was 263 days.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
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Sydney Harbour taking in the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and ferries at sunrise during the COVID-19 pandemic on April 20, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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This fast ferry offers a scenic three-hour trip north, through the Strait of Juan de Fuca with daily departures.Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trawler. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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