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Recent Examples of coxswain
The acting is solid, particularly by Hadley Robinson as Joe’s love interest, Joyce, and Luke Slattery as Bobby Moch, who as the team’s coxswain doesn’t lift an oar but is in charge of navigation and steering.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
With the stature of a coxswain at five foot two, Temple is an unlikely counterweight to two armed thugs.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
The smoke was so thick that the coxswain could not see the bow of the ship.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Hauser had been selected by a coxswain to help get other sailors to a ship.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
With the stature of a coxswain at five foot two, Temple is an unlikely counterweight to two armed thugs.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
The smoke was so thick that the coxswain could not see the bow of the ship.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Hauser had been selected by a coxswain to help get other sailors to a ship.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
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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
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Robert Phillips Deckhand, Below Deck Season 8 This fill-in deckhand made his mark by slagging off Izzy Wouters after she was promoted to lead deckhand over him.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2024
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While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.—
Gina Ragusa,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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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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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
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Services available through local or regional adult education programs vary, however all programs provide certain academic programming including digital literacy training, career navigator support.—
Larry Covino,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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Unlike insurance agents and brokers, navigators cannot be paid by insurance companies and don't recommend specific plans or policies to consumers.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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