sailors

Example Sentences

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Both the remains and the rescued sailors will be returned to India, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned, inspectors said on Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The memorial in Hazelbank Park remembers all eight sailors from Northern Ireland who were on board.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Now, following an eight-year campaign, Andrew Bannister and Raymond McCullough can celebrate success in their aim of paying tribute to the Northern Ireland sailors caught up in 1949's Yangtze incident.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Black men arrive with Columbus as sailors, and other Africans come as soldiers with the Spanish explorers who later conquer and colonize the Caribbean islands and the Americas.

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