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whaler

noun

Definition of whaler

as in whaleboat

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Recent Examples of whaler Men traveled the seas as whalers and sailors, bringing back knowledge from across continents. — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were significantly decimated. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026 The man — who has not been publicly identified — sustained two shark bites that are believed to be from a large bronze whaler shark, said Shark Watch South Australia, an online community dedicated to sharing shark incidents, citing a public report. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 People have monitored those temperatures since the 1870s, when whalers threw buckets into the sea to take rudimentary measurements. — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whaler

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Noun

One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of whaleboat

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After Bowers died —just months after Epstein’s death in August 2019—viral social media posts began labeling Bowers as Jeffrey Epstein’s private wealth banker, which is not true.

— Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
In this delightful Victorian-era novel, genius economist Reina Martin strategizes to become London’s first female banker.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of banker

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From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025

Definition of lugger

Noun

As an alternative, consider the ferry to and from Hong Kong via the SkyPier Terminal and coordinate with The Langham Shenzhen’s concierge team for a seamless limo transfer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Typhoon Champi is threatening the port recovery that eastern China had only just started to record, with ferry suspensions and maritime emergency responses already in force across Shanghai and the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces Friday.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ferry

Noun

Depending on what the alleged hooker’s name was, maybe York was just trying to stay under the Valerie cap?

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of hooker

Noun

The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish.

— Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
Ich war sicher, dass sie das als Hinweis auf eine benötigte Änderung seiner Einstellung meinte, doch der Empfänger stellte sich den Teller auf seine Kommode, weil er die Botschaft offenbar passend fand.

— Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2026

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