creel

Example Sentences

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Police are continuing to search for the sole occupant of a creel boat after it washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Scientists who examined the carcass said it was tightly wrapped in creel rope.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

The creel fishermen had been working further south when they received a report of the entangled whale.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

These entanglements can involve creel fishing gear or ghost gear - rope and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

I galloped down the hall into the library with a fishing creel over my shoulder.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly