sailors
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Using satellite images taken an hour later, journalists at the newspaper Le Monde soon identified the officer’s location, as well as the location of many of his fellow sailors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The ships, jet fighters, Marines and sailors will arrive in the region by the end of November, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As their boat took on water and eventually sank, the Coopers and two other sailors aboard the vessel evacuated to a life raft.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Speaking of the other sailors on the boat, he said, “I would think that the overwhelming majority would be like, Jackson, you got a cool dad.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Do you hear that?” asked Thomas McLeod, one of the sailors.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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