mariner
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Musselman declined to say how much her shares are worth today, but said her goal is to own a repair-based business in Chesapeake, Va., where she works as a mariner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The mariner, who was not seriously injured, had spent Thursday night stranded on the island, the agency said in a social media post.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Sawai plays Toda Mariko, a noblewoman who is a translator between Toranaga and an English mariner in "Shōgun."
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025
Sal Mercogliano, a maritime historian and former merchant mariner, said that the silence the sailors must have heard in those moments is "the worst sound you ever hear" on a ship.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
It peered at the boy with one hand up—like a lost mariner searching for land—and exclaimed, “Ah-hah! Whom have we here, what?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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