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

She said theories included it was captured accidentally by a trawler and then thrown overboard, or killed by a whale.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

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

In 2016, six Cambodian crew members died from beriberi, a preventable disease, onboard a Thai fishmeal trawler.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

And way off, we saw a tiny trawler moving, almost imperceptibly, across the dazzling sea.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus