skipper
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As the skipper of the 40-foot sloop First Light, Ms. Brauer had at her fingertips resources that would have amazed the salts of yore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Pietersen's stint as England skipper lasted only five months.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The trust said this included dingy skipper, which is a small moth-like butterfly, and the shrill carder bumblebee, which was only found in two areas in England.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The same can be said of skipper Virgil van Dijk, who is out of contract next summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Susan Marie rocked a full five minutes and while gradually she settled once again the body of her skipper settled, too, into his salmon net.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
The project also involves training local anglers and boat skippers to tag sharks too, so that they can contribute to the work.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He is the white-ball captain and Test vice-captain - past England skippers have had to address far more serious matters than the consequences of a night out.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Donald has 2014-winning captain Paul McGinley as an astute strategic adviser, the statistical nous of Edoardo Molinari among his vice-captains along with winning skippers Thomas Bjorn and Jose Maria Olazabal.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
His 56 postseason victories rank sixth all time, and trail Bruce Bochy of the Texas Rangers by just one for the lead among active skippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
The boats out there now were moving on blind bearings, and he didn’t necessarily trust their skippers.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
In other sports endeavors, Turner successfully skippered the US yacht Courageous to win the 1977 America's Cup.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
The 35-year-old has made 105 appearances for England and skippered his country in 2024.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Another Aussie, David Warner, will also debut in the competition, playing for London Spirit, where he will be skippered by New Zealand star Kane Williamson.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Zoe Aldcroft, who took over from Marlie Packer as captain in January and then skippered England to a Women's Six Nations Grand Slam, will lead the Red Roses.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
They had often talked of a deep-sea-fishing boat, which they would buy, man themselves, and rent to vacationers—this though neither had ever skippered a canoe or hooked a guppy.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Capped 59 times by Wales, skippering them on 42 occasions, he also took them to the brink of the 1994 World Cup finals as coach -- which would have been their first appearance since 1958.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
It got worse for the tourists, who chose to rest captain Jos Buttler, when Josh Hazlewood - skippering Australia for the first time with Pat Cummins also rested - bowled Phil Salt.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2022
It said one was suspected of skippering the vessel, and the other of assisting him.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
A lifelong Red from Kirkby, the slim defender went from skippering the youth team to captaining Paisley's side to European Cup glory in Paris in 1981.
From BBC ● May 24, 2022
I wasn't paid for a yacht skippering job and asked to say nice things which weren't true.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Stanley L. Wood
