sailors

Example Sentences

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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

Some of these Chinese sailors have been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz for nearly 90 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When they left their ships, Dr Stenton said the sailors "stepped onto a path that would lead to their own deaths and in a sense into obscurity".

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

It recognized England’s right to retain tariffs on American exports while granting English imports most-favored status in the United States; it implicitly accepted English impressment of American sailors.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis