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crewman

[kroo-muhn] / ˈkru mən /


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“They fooled us,” says Victor, retired after a life as a freighter crewman.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

The humanity Stamp imbued in the tragic, stammering naval vessel crewman established Stamp as a talent to watch — with a Golden Globe Award for best male newcomer to prove it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2025

One Japanese naval crewman has died and seven others are missing after two helicopters crashed during a night-time drill in the Pacific Ocean.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2024

The team decided to build a new boat in 2012, working with former Miss Budweiser crewman Dale Van Wierengen.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Ahmad, nine years older, had brought Zeitoun on as a crewman, taking him to Greece, Lebanon, South Africa.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Once in El Salvador, the crewmen of the Don Maca say they were interrogated, denied they were traffickers, and, eventually, were allowed to contact their families and leave for home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

“The breakthrough boat was a disaster,” said another Turner friend and crewmen, the sailmaker Robbie Doyle.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

Mohammad and the other crewmen secured the loose rigging and packed their equipment before walking to their pickup truck for the ride home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2025

The chocolate-covered marshmallow treats had apparently been all the rage prior to this - being eaten by crewmen as they flew nuclear bombers on long training sorties at the height of the Cold War.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2025

It takes more than a dozen crewmen to lift the woefully miscast Liberty Bell to the railing.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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