seafarer
Example Sentences
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"If I was a seafarer, I'd be very worried."
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
“Whenever the situation escalates, they reiterate the warning,” said a seafarer surnamed Wang whose vessel—carrying liquefied natural gas—has been stuck at an anchorage northwest of Dubai for four weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Zheng He, a 15th-century Chinese seafarer, visited the strait, and Marco Polo wrote about risk-taking mariners there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
He entered Iraqi waters in November on a vessel refuelling oil tankers -- his first trip as a seafarer.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
As Penelope already knew, Simon’s great-uncle Pudge was very old and had been a seafarer in his youth; now he lived in a home for old sailors in the city of Brighton, near the sea.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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