mariner
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A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned nearly a fifth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
We meet the mariner as he stops a wedding guest on his way to the church, and “holds him with his glittering eye.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Sal Mercogliano, a maritime historian and former merchant mariner, said that the silence the sailors must have heard in those moments is "the worst sound you ever hear" on a ship.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
“The discovery of this boat now changes our entire understanding of ancient mariner navigational skills,” Dr. Sharvit said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
"Is it Marin like mariner, or Marin like the county."
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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