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Recent Examples of deckhand
Girardeau also works as a deckhand for Newport Coastal Adventure, which offers ocean tours and sightseeing excursions.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
Glenn texts a staffing agent looking for a replacement deckhand.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
After Harry asks Wihan for clarification, Wihan calls a deck meeting to emphasize that there is no lead deckhand.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
Glenn texts a staffing agent looking for a replacement deckhand.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
After Harry asks Wihan for clarification, Wihan calls a deck meeting to emphasize that there is no lead deckhand.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deckhand
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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The next two were the dodo, whose extinction was facilitated by the arrival of Dutch sailors, who brought various invasive species on their ships, and the thylacine, a marsupial with the face of a fox and the stripes of a zebra.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The unique language got its start thanks to a melting pot of inhabitants— Native Americans, English sailors, and pirates from a variety of places—all living together in one isolated location.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.—
Jenna West,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
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Another Los Gatos boat that claimed silver medals was the Women’s Under 15 Quad-x with a coxswain.—
Phil Jensen,
The Mercury News,
25 June 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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All international and domestic flights were grounded as air traffic controllers joined seafarers, train drivers, doctors, lawyers and teachers in a 24-hour general strike to pay tribute to the victims of the crash.—
Reuters,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The removal of the HRA from the Somali basin increased confidence among shipping companies and seafarers.—
Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 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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The Biden administration put money back into navigator grants, and last year announced a plan to devote $500 million for the effort over five years.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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