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Recent Examples of deckhand
Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Last season, she got ditched by a deckhand for another supermodel-looking crew member.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Robert Phillips Deckhand, Below Deck Season 8 This fill-in deckhand made his mark by slagging off Izzy Wouters after she was promoted to lead deckhand over him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Last season, she got ditched by a deckhand for another supermodel-looking crew member.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Robert Phillips Deckhand, Below Deck Season 8 This fill-in deckhand made his mark by slagging off Izzy Wouters after she was promoted to lead deckhand over him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
While the crew had been given permission to have a few drinks with guests on the last night of charter, deckhand Culver Bradbury was seemingly overserved.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deckhand
Noun
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The accounts claim that heavy-anti-armor-weapons crewman was one of Kent’s jobs in the Army.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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One Mackay-Bennett crewman described how the ship came upon a cluster of 100 corpses on the second day of the search.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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While the boorish behavior of Twain’s shipmates is cataloged throughout (snapping off pieces of ancient monuments for souvenirs, for instance), his most flamboyant portrayal is a self-portrait.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
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The Navy also renamed the USNS Maury to the USNS Marie Tharp, removing the name of a Confederate sailor and replacing it with the name of a pioneering female oceanographer.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
3 June 2025
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Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
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Recommendations From the Washington Post, a story on what a rowing coxswain does.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Throughout the race, the coxswain—who sits at the front of the boat—motivates the crew, steers the course and checks technique along the way.—
Caitlin MacGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Many anthropologists, along with Indigenous mariners, have built on Gladwin’s and Lewis’ work.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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However, notices to pilots and mariners suggest that May 21 is the working target, pending approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Why, as the famous seafarer's prayer asks, is thy sea so great and my boat is so small?—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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The tiny seafarers have been seen along the west coast as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico, iNaturalist data shows.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Similar to traditional Polynesian and Micronesian navigators, the Minoans may have mapped the rising and setting of stars to specific angles on the horizon, says Berio.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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For the first time, the event will feature a custom digital navigator powered by Walkabout, a company headed by North Park resident Tyson McDowell.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deckhand. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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