sailor
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The helicopter crew brought the sailor to the Camarillo Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 1764, an English sailor named Samuel Bowen arrived in Savannah, Georgia, with a handful of soybeans, a souvenir from several years spent in China.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 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
But the sailor, who wasn’t identified, added, “One of the biggest things I’m most proud of is not quitting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
And so was the sailor I’d seen on the Shearwater.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Shipowners are reaping some of the best returns the industry has seen in decades; and the sailors who make the dangerous crossing are being paid like never before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“According to a U.S. official, the Pentagon may soon deploy an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf,” the international economist and currency strategist notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He said the eight sailors included "the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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
As he walked closer, he saw that Dasch was speaking to one of the sailors.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
