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trawler

[traw-ler] / ˈtrɔ lər /
NOUN
fisherman
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The bodies of two French fishermen who had been missing since their trawler sank in the English Channel have been found, French prosecutors have said.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

This modest trawler, the Rose of Nevada, no longer contains its doomed crew and yet here it is, without explanation and ready for new fishermen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

One foggy morning, we left shore in the dark on a small trawler with Captain Park Hyung-il, who has been fishing anchovies off Korea's south coast for more than 25 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

As Garvey motored out to the trawler, Peter glanced fearfully over his shoulder as if he thought someone might attack him.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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