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Recent Examples of fisherfolk
Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherfolk
Noun
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After a fisherman pulls him from the Mediterranean Sea, amnesiac Jason Bourne (Damon) travels across the globe trying to piece together his past.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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This $40 fisherman sweater, which comes in 12 colors and is made from 100 percent cotton, can make that possible.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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Thompson plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through snowbound northern Minnesota and interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Aug. 2025
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The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Flowers bloom in riverbank gardens near where fishers angle to hook one of the over 70 species of fish in the water, up from less than 10 before the passage of the Clean Water Act.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The short season, when thousands of fishers and crew live on Bristol Bay, home of the world’s largest sockeye population, for about six short weeks, others processing on land, provides the global supply of sockeye salmon for the entire year to come.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Fisherfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherfolk. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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