mariner
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The mariner, who was not seriously injured, had spent Thursday night stranded on the island, the agency said in a social media post.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The ship is now cursed: The 200 crewmen die, but the mariner lives to tell the tale, and nothing but the tale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its eggs as a delicacy and decorative shells, the ancient mariner saw its numbers plummet and has been listed as endangered since the 1980s.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
Sawai plays Toda Mariko, a noblewoman who is a translator between Toranaga and an English mariner in "Shōgun."
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025
“It’s your fault that this door is broken,” Dorian hissed at the deranged mariner.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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