seamen

Example Sentences

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A boatswain on a merchant ship, who supervises the deck’s seamen and manages equipment like ropes and cables, can earn nearly $5,200 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Officials say another 28 people are unaccounted for but the families of seamen say the number is probably much higher.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2023

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

They were kind of like mermaids, and their song lured seamen to crash their ships into the rocks.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool