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captain

[kap-tuhn, -tin] / ˈkæp tən, -tɪn /


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Early accounts suggest the captain managed to maintain control of access to the cockpit and alert his colleagues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Captain Teena Goswami, who worked with Machchhar at SpiceJet, first met him in 2019 and remembered him as a calm, humble captain who treated junior pilots with respect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It’s an easy answer,” said Petros Papadakis, a local radio host and former USC captain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

England boss Thomas Tuchel says it will be impossible to find "another Harry Kane" as his free-scoring captain continues to break new ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was Old Timothy, swaggering in the door like a captain on the deck of his own ship.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"Most German ship captains say, that's too shallow, I'm not sailing there anymore," Matthias Roeser, from the German Inland Shipping Association, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

All of the captains and crews sought to avoid being captured on video footage and remained ensconced or quickly moved inside the ships’ bridges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Bus drivers - or "captains", as they are called in Singapore - will not be given the same authority, leaving them to prioritise their duty of safely operating the bus.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Before templates and triple captains there was a world of fantasy football that existed by writing out your XI and ringing in the names.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The captains would then look the rest of us over, using their obvious years of sporting experience, training, coaching, and performing at the highest levels of athletic competition.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Xhaka captained Switzerland at the World Cup earlier this year, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by eventual runners-up Argentina.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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

Now, among the seven players sent home are Salman, who captained in the first Test in the absence of the injured Babar Azam, then was dropped for the second.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Pudge had been a cabin boy in his youth and, coincidentally, had served on a ship captained by the famed Admiral Percival Racine Ashton himself.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

Messi is Argentina's all-time record appearance-maker and goalscorer and his legend has only grown after captaining his country to World Cup glory in 2022.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

In 2022, Stokes was captaining England when The Oval Test against South Africa was paused because of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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