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Recent Examples of seiner
Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
After five years in the U.S. Army, Herring had become a deckhand on a purse seiner off the coast of Maine.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish.
—Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings.
—Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019
By Six Seiners Sharon said she was nearly run down by six seiners while coming down the coast from Point Arguello.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
Take a scenic drive along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up with their catch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Anyone who has ever worked aboard a seiner has horror stories of close calls, or worse.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018
San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
After five years in the U.S. Army, Herring had become a deckhand on a purse seiner off the coast of Maine.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish.
—Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings.
—Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019
By Six Seiners Sharon said she was nearly run down by six seiners while coming down the coast from Point Arguello.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
Take a scenic drive along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up with their catch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Anyone who has ever worked aboard a seiner has horror stories of close calls, or worse.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seiner
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The African Baptist Society in Nantucket, for example, was built by Black whalers who had achieved financial independence through their trade.—
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
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Some owners bypass private equity altogether, choosing instead to work with sports investment bankers like Salvatore Galatioto, who connect them with wealthy individuals or limited partners willing to pay a premium for exclusivity and less control.—
Darren Geeter,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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In 2020 the former central banker began serving as the United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance.—
Sara Miller Llana,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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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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On a recent afternoon, the actor Michael Gandolfini ascended an escalator to Whitehall Terminal to take the twelve-thirty ferry to Staten Island.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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Jan Nikolai, Escondido The game started during the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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Some shrimpers readily acknowledged the broad uncertainty around Mr. Trump’s tariffs and their impact.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Real Deal Even when shrimpers like Nacio innovate to become more efficient, their product can still be undercut by false advertising.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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The attackers traveled to Mumbai by boat from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, hijacking a fishing trawler and killing its five crew members along the way.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Share your thoughts | More about Emily Cochrane American shrimpers also have to meet higher environmental standards, including the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices to prevent endangered species or other wildlife from getting caught by a trawler.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Snooks Moore comes from a long line of commercial Cook Inlet fishers and is herself a sixth-generation gillnetter.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Mar. 2022
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The price tag on working gillnetters can be as low as ten grand for an out-of-repair fiberglass Rawson or as much as $400,000 for a fancy new aluminum drift boat with full refrigeration.—
John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
7 July 2018
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“Seiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seiner. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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