fisherman
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“God willing, the foreigners will come back soon and we’ll have a better quality of life,” said José Medina, a fisherman with five children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"We've really had enough," protesting fisherman Tony Dalmasso told AFP in Nice.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“If you’re a windsurfer or fisherman or boater—basically, someone who cares about weather in specific locations—there’ve been good apps out there for a while now,” he said.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
One fifth-generation coracle fisherman described the situation in Carmarthenshire as "dire" after only catching one fish in the three-month season between May and July.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But as he was the son of a poor fisherman, there seemed little opportunity for him to become one.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
But after circling a few times, the shark spat out the bait, leaving fishermen on the pier stunned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
She encountered beaches typically teeming with tourists that were spookily empty, and fishermen unable to work because they lacked gasoline to go to sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, fishermen and tourism workers fear for their livelihoods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He says there are hundreds of Ecuadorean fishermen imprisoned in the U.S. and Central America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
He went in a rowboat with a couple of young fishermen of Low Torning, who wanted the honor of being his boatmen.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
