seamen
Example Sentences
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The Journal spoke to more than a dozen seamen held in the gulf, who described deteriorating conditions tipping into a humanitarian crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
The researchers have estimated that the proportion of lung cancers related to onboard asbestos exposure were of the order of 27 per cent in Australian seamen and 12 per cent in British seamen.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023
It said Kim later watched the ship’s seamen conduct a drill of launching “strategic” cruise missiles, a word implying the weapons were developed to carry nuclear warheads.
From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2023
Nat remembered all the brawny swaggering seamen who had crowded the chandlery.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
