mariners

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Centcom also said three attack drones launched by Iran "toward civilian mariners" had been hit.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Coast Guard’s San Francisco station, where mariners can report whale sightings to alert vessel operators in an effort to try to prevent more collisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

British mariners shipwrecked on Palau some 50 years earlier had helped another confederation, the Koror people, in war with a feuding village.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Rhys was born in Cardiff but his mum's family are from Fishguard, while he said he also came from "a long line of mariners".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Stars, to him, were fixed mariners, old friends, fine compasses, light pure, and druids in the silvery separateness of the night flight.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy