mariner
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"I tried to stay calm because I was responsible for 31 lives, a ship worth $40 million, and cargo valued at $8.2 million," the 51-year-old Bangladeshi mariner told AFP, back home after the ordeal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
MINNEAPOLIS—Joe Martino, a 52-year-old merchant mariner, braved swirling snow and biting winds on a recent afternoon as he walked up and down Lake Street in search of tacos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 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
It peered at the boy with one hand up—like a lost mariner searching for land—and exclaimed, “Ah-hah! Whom have we here, what?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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