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
The fisherman and the shark apparently tangled when the man tried to release the fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“It will affect us because big ships will be passing through so there will be more restrictions, and we would need to go much further to fish,” said Omar Lali, a 27-year-old fisherman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
I pulled Mom’s research proposal out of my bag and opened to the page where I’d given Mom’s fisherman a beard and a can of Moxie.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
This year’s “Super El Niño,” which could become the most powerful on record, has everyone from African farmers to Peruvian fishermen bracing for the worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Sports fishermen might celebrate the arrival of unusual fish, but “if it persists, it’s a serious event for the birds and for the plankton.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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
Maria Vanda Lopes was preparing to pay her respects to a tiny terracotta statue of Our Lady, which according to legend was retrieved by fishermen in 1717.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Neither Father nor any of the fishermen had the type of fancy equipment Zheng’s shipmates must have had, but they traveled these seas and knew them well.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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