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Recent Examples of shipmate The exception is a video that lawmakers say shows a second strike on a boat on Sept. 2, which killed two survivors after their shipmates were killed. —
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025 Booking too early or too late can mean missing out on perks—or paying more than your shipmates. —Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries. —Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 27 June 2025 Violence and exhaustion, plus control over rare calories coming their way, does not for friendly shipmates make. —Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shipmate
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025 Booking too early or too late can mean missing out on perks—or paying more than your shipmates. —Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries. —Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 27 June 2025 Violence and exhaustion, plus control over rare calories coming their way, does not for friendly shipmates make. —Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shipmate
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But, at one point, a crewman on a what looked like a cargo ship raised his hand.— Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Then overnight Sunday, officials said the second crewman had been recovered.— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to it, there are parties and gatherings at yacht clubs for sailors from all around who have built friendships off the water through the years.— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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This lead seamen to believe that the bananas had caused the ship to sink, and the superstition continues to stay in effect around docks down South.— Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
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Then, noticing changes in the wind and the rocking of the boat, an uneasiness crept over the veteran seaman.— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Todd Meadows, a 25-year-old deckhand on the Aleutian Lady, died as a result of an accident during production.— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Episodes will feature Meadows, who joined the Aleutian Lady as a deckhand in May 2025.— Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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For once, everyone is more or less rowing the boat in the same direction, with a determined coxswain at the front.— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.— Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, a backlog of 18,000 merchant mariner credentials has built up, delaying the certification of workers essential to maritime commerce.— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Danielson remembers Lind, an affable old mariner then in his seventies, complimenting them on their docking skills, and introducing himself as the owner of the Robert Gray, a 125-foot Army Corps of Engineers research vessel built in 1936.— Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels, including oil and gas tankers and cargo ships, have been stuck in the Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz.— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Around 20,000 seafarers have also been stuck aboard their ships since the start of the war.— NPR Staff, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
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Wauconda police said students at Wauconda High School came forward to report Faulkner, who works for the College of Lake County and is assigned to Wauconda High School as a college and career navigator.— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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People too often imagine the Church as having played second fiddle in colonial history, jumping on opportunities opened up by the actions of kings, navigators, and merchants.— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Shipmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/shipmate. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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