trawler
Example Sentences
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Jens Frederiksen, who works at a fishing business in Nuuk running a big shrimp trawler, said there is a divide in opinion between those in the capital and those in other coastal areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
While other experiments with that approach have proven successful, this one results in a hanging work that looks like a trawler accidentally got its haulage caught in a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The trawler had engine problems and lost power intermittently.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
In 2016, six Cambodian crew members died from beriberi, a preventable disease, onboard a Thai fishmeal trawler.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
