mariner

Example Sentences

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For the Navy, which operates only a small number of cargo ships and relies on commercial carriers and mariners for most of its needs, the shortfall could be crippling.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, it’s a program designed for those living in rural and largely roadless Alaska, with separate forecasts for mariners, aviators and residents to help decide whether they can safely hunt, fish or fly.

From Seattle Times

There is this romantic notion that English mariners used to measure the sea with their outstretched arms; this was a nautical unit of depth called a faethm.

From BBC

“My favorite moment is when you put the sails up for the first time and turn the motor off,” says Adam Boyd, a lifelong mariner who grew up sailing on lakes in the Midwest.

From Seattle Times

For search-and-rescue operations at sea, weather conditions, the lack of light at night, the state of the sea and water temperature all play a role in whether stricken mariners can be found and rescued.

From New York Times