sailor
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The Metro headlines with "not 100% faithful", writing that a Royal Navy sailor has appeared in court after "allegedly plotting to pass British secrets to Russia".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Patricia Harmon, an Army veteran who was awaiting the return of her sailor son, said she imagined that life aboard the ship had been hard.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The helicopter crew brought the sailor to the Camarillo Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
At this point we see the true sailor emerge as Ms. Brauer calls on all her knowledge of seafaring to avoid a catastrophic collision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The other woman put a sailor cap on Klaus, who gazed in one of the mirrors, astonished at how ugly he looked.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
This summer, news reports revealed that multiple sailors had attempted to jump overboard amid shortages of fresh food, disruptions to hot water and laundry services and exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"What the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group did, no other carrier strike group has ever done," Hegseth told sailors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The aircraft carrier traveled more than 85,000 nautical miles carrying around 5,000 sailors during its 10-month deployment, described as “one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era” by U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
It felt like betrayal on the high seas—one that 16 sailors haven’t forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
