sailors

Example Sentences

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The remains of sailors who died on an ill-fated Arctic expedition have been identified by researchers using DNA testing.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

India is one of the largest contributors of sailors on merchant shipping worldwide, with more than 320,000 active seafarers in 2025, according to the country's shipping ministry.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

"There were some sailors from South India who were crying and making panicked calls home. I told them to stop calling and helped bring them up on to the deck."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

I sense how they are secretly disappointed when the infrastructure holds, the Gulf allies absorb the shock, the sailors of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Those black sailors who fought and died were heroic.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis