trawler
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This modest trawler, the Rose of Nevada, no longer contains its doomed crew and yet here it is, without explanation and ready for new fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
"It could have been from a trawler," he said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
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
Half an hour later, he returned to the trawler with his parents to sleep.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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