captain

At the start of June, the commander of Vlasenko’s company, a 31-year-old captain known as Naum, dispatched him to replace an injured soldier at a front-line dugout and join another soldier, Andriy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

When Romualdo Jr. was about 5, his mother married a Scottish-born sea captain who had prospered in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

By the time he was 19, he was captain of his own lugger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The captain didn’t care about Nim and Jack; but he was afraid of sea lions and dragons and boat-ripping reefs.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

After speaking to the managers and captains, the referee signalled for the players to come over to the touchline with play unable to resume.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

In the process, Tyree notes, the filmmakers reveal that unlike in the past, when captains of industry launched art museums and libraries, this generation isn't as interested in philanthropy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

At sea, these programs often rely on self-reported information from ship captains rather than having auditors inspect vessels offshore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Oil-tanker captains are being offered up to $100,000 per month to navigate the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The vuvv happily sold their knowledge to captains of industry in exchange for rights to the Earth’s electromagnetic energy fields and some invisible quantum events.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Thomas captained England Under-19s to the final of the World Cup earlier this year and made two centuries for Somerset in the County Championship during the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

President Nelson Mandela singled out Cronje in 1996 for the "excellent manner" in which he captained the Proteas.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Doing that would betray their ignorance of the show’s legacy, especially the five seasons that Allen captained.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Boatsetter made the booking easy, and because the sailboat was captained by its owner, all I really had to worry about was keeping dinner from burning.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

It began on January 20, 1850, when the HMS Investigator, captained by Robert McClure, and the HMS Enterprise, captained by Richard Collinson, left England in search of John Franklin and his men.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Take a seat on a curvaceous wooden bench and imagine you’re captaining a spaceship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Four years later, Josef Masopust officially won the Ballon d'Or after captaining Czechoslovakia to the World Cup final.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Yorkshireman is captaining England for the 66th time in Test cricket - a national record, though still way short of the 109 matches in which Graeme Smith led South Africa.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Keegan signed Alan Shearer for a world record £15m fee for Newcastle in 1996 and also took charge of England at a time when the striker was captaining his country.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Todd steered the boat like he was captaining a great yacht.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers