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Recent Examples of crewman
Advertisement Green became an army chaplain in 1994 after earlier serving as a cannon crewman and field radio repairman.
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Connor Greene,
Time,
4 Apr. 2026
Video showed a soaked Molly among a pile of rocks as a crewman picked her up and carried her to the helicopter.
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Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Readers of The Log may be interested in Steinbeck scholar Gregory MacDonald’s report on recollections of two other members of the 1940 expedition, crewman Sparky Enea and Captain Tony Berry, made many years after the fact.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Mar. 2026
There had also been a man-overboard situation on another boat, although thankfully the crewman was swiftly located and successfully recovered by his teammates.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Connor Greene,
Time,
4 Apr. 2026
Video showed a soaked Molly among a pile of rocks as a crewman picked her up and carried her to the helicopter.
—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Readers of The Log may be interested in Steinbeck scholar Gregory MacDonald’s report on recollections of two other members of the 1940 expedition, crewman Sparky Enea and Captain Tony Berry, made many years after the fact.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Mar. 2026
There had also been a man-overboard situation on another boat, although thankfully the crewman was swiftly located and successfully recovered by his teammates.
—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewman
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There was still no news about their captain and shipmate.
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.
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Despite being at the center of this season’s developing drama, rookie deckhand Luke is a bit of a cypher.
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In the season 10 finale, Nathan and deckhand Gael Cameron decided to give their rocky relationship another chance, but urged caution.
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The South cried hypocrisy on slavery, given that the seamen of Providence, Rhode Island, played a central role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
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The black-and-white snapshots of sailors hoisting lines on deck look similar to the modern scenes still playing out today.
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There may not be quite as many small-time sailors in the harbor this time, owing to the rigidity that has become inevitable since the 9/11 attacks, but plenty of weekend captains will make their way here.
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The Los Gatos squad was comprised of Luke DeGraff (Los Gatos), Julian Weinstein (Los Gatos), Tristan Carpenter (Menlo-Atherton) and Declan McInerney (Los Gatos) with coxswain Kaira Yoo (Los Gatos).
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In May 1971, his wife’s father, Henry Fletcher, enlisted in the Navy to become a riverine boat coxswain, and in June 1975, his wife, Bobbie, enlisted in the Navy as a cryptologic technician.
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Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington.
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Employers should consider assigning a dedicated benefits navigator, someone who won't give legal or financial advice but will help the employee find relevant benefits, understand deadlines and know which professionals to call.
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To protect these specialized mariners, pilot boats evolved into highly stable, heavy-duty vessels.
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Shortly after the vessel was struck, the United Nations' International Maritime Organization paused an effort to evacuate hundreds of ships and thousands of mariners who were stranded in the Persian Gulf.
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More ships entered the Gulf over the weekend than departed, reversing a trend seen over the previous week, when efforts focused on evacuating seafarers stranded in the Gulf.
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The incident disrupted an operation to evacuate thousands of seafarers from vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf since the war broke out.
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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crewman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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