sailor
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After an open-call tryout, a vessel switch partway through the competition, and a good deal of skepticism, Koch’s women’s team—which included celebrated sailor and 1992 member Dawn Riley—had proven its mettle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The helicopter crew brought the sailor to the Camarillo Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
I spoke recently with Jefferson Kelley, an Ohio father of three, one of them being 20-year-old sailor Jackson Kelley, who serves on the Lincoln.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 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
“Stinks bad enough down there,” says another sailor.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
The disclosure was made in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York on Tuesday in response to questions from the Democrat on the well-being of sailors onboard following mounting concerns.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He was sent, instead, to a disciplinary Siberia—in his case a Baltic port in Lithuania—where he was tasked with extracting information from Western sailors and businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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
The reports should also prompt leaders to ask why fellow sailors didn’t identify and address the danger sooner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“For enough money. I still have quite a lot, in my coat. There are commercial sailors who will go anywhere if you have the gold.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
