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This group staged a coup d’état, taking Michael Bates captive for a number of days before putting him aboard a fishing trawler bound for the Netherlands.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Shipyards that once built trawlers today deliver some of the world's most sophisticated offshore support vessels, research ships, expedition cruise vessels, cable layers and Arctic icebreakers.
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Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
This ocean region is known to host numerous species of beaked whales, and fossil skulls of such whales have been discovered nearby, snagged by trawlers or long-line fishing vessels in deep-sea regions off Iberia, South Africa and the Kerguelen Islands.
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Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
Five injured sailors were rescued by another trawler, the Burak Kaya, but one died on the way back to Turkey.
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ABC News,
5 June 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Shipyards that once built trawlers today deliver some of the world's most sophisticated offshore support vessels, research ships, expedition cruise vessels, cable layers and Arctic icebreakers.
—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
This ocean region is known to host numerous species of beaked whales, and fossil skulls of such whales have been discovered nearby, snagged by trawlers or long-line fishing vessels in deep-sea regions off Iberia, South Africa and the Kerguelen Islands.
—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
Five injured sailors were rescued by another trawler, the Burak Kaya, but one died on the way back to Turkey.
—
ABC News,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for trawler
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawler. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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trawler
noun
trawl·er
ˈtrȯ-lər 
: a boat used for trawling
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