sailor
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The helicopter crew brought the sailor to the Camarillo Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 1764, an English sailor named Samuel Bowen arrived in Savannah, Georgia, with a handful of soybeans, a souvenir from several years spent in China.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The sailor found far from the others has now been identified as Harry Peglar, Captain of the Foretop on HMS Terror.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Several sailors on the Lincoln told the Journal that the sailor had jumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
One big sailor got up on a barrel and yelled questions.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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
My children’s faces, whenever they asked if the sailors were OK, made me wonder how reassured those stories really made them feel during prolonged separations.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
A few sailors reportedly tried to jump overboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Earlier this month, Iran made a similar claim about an incident that killed two Filipino sailors on a Saudi-owned oil supertanker in the crucial waterway.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
We can look out at the sea and watch the ships and ferries coming in and out of the port and gaze at the sailors stretching their legs as they walk on land again.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
