fisherman
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His Ultron avatar sports the long beard of a fisherman shipwrecked by a hard life.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
"There are no more fish. They can't swim upstream," said fisherman Putta Muansaen, 67, who travelled overnight from northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
A fisherman whose body was found after a boat went missing off the Western Isles on Tuesday has been named as Douglas Craigie.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“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
But the whole scene reminds me of my conversation with Uncle Phil, about the salmon that didn’t return, the empty nets that last year he worked as a fisherman.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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The latter traversed the Panama Canal on a tugboat named the Shannon Dann, which rescued four fishermen off the coast of Baja California, tangerine behemoth and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Commissioners unanimously approved the Point Sal designation, highlighting the opportunity to support tribes even as some acknowledged it would affect fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Police Scotland said it was believed the fishermen had sailed from Brevaig in Lewis at about 07:30 on Tuesday before travelling to the Port of Ness area to fish.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, fishermen and tourism workers fear for their livelihoods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
In fact, they said, fishermen in the area had been pulling up objects like these and giving them to their neighbors, who mostly used them to hold dog food.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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