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Recent Examples of sea captain
The famed British sea captain James Cook reported that Indigenous canoes were as fast and agile as his ships.
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The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Nick, the son of shipping tycoon Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo), often was depicted as an adventurous and ambitious man who worked as a sea captain.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The New England seaport showcases its English colonial past with its quaint harbor, sea captains’ homes, and maritime festivals.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
The original piece is said to have been purchased in Japan from a Boston sea captain and was eventually loaned to famous showman, P.T. Barnum, who put it on display in his circus.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Nick, the son of shipping tycoon Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo), often was depicted as an adventurous and ambitious man who worked as a sea captain.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The New England seaport showcases its English colonial past with its quaint harbor, sea captains’ homes, and maritime festivals.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
The original piece is said to have been purchased in Japan from a Boston sea captain and was eventually loaned to famous showman, P.T. Barnum, who put it on display in his circus.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
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The need to shuffle the pair onto a Crew Dragon for the flight home meant the removal of the original commander of Crew-9 along with another NASA astronaut to leave room for the Starliner duo.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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Retired Lieutenant General Yvan Blondin, commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 2012 until 2015, has advocated for a long, hard look at Canada's F-35 order.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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With Boone managing the American League after winning a pennant last season, there had been some assumptions that the skipper would/could pick Fried to start the exhibition.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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Former charter skipper Basil Symonette founded Bitter End in the late 1960s.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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The Crystal Cup Finale will be attended by Ryder Cup European team captain Luke Donald and Solheim Cup winner Lexi Thompson, who are serving as official Crystal Cup ambassadors.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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At the center of Chicago’s youth movement is Connor Bedard, the 19-year-old center who’s already drawn comparisons to 37-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby for his playmaking on the ice.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Checkout Monitoring Systems One low-friction way to tackle shrink is by using AI to quietly watch for patterns at checkout, like frequent scan skips or odd item swaps.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Oddly, double-tapping the play button skips forward, but there’s no control for skipping backward.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 July 2025
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In mid-June, President Donald Trump nominated Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, a F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, for promotion to vice admiral and command of the Navy's strategically important 7th Fleet.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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These were bequeathed to her nephew Erik af Klint, a vice admiral in the Swedish Navy.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Currently, only cities that have opted into civil service rules for officers – Austin, Houston and San Antonio among them – can keep a G file.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
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Many fishers have lost their livelihoods overnight, with about a third of the state waters completely devoid of fish, according to Pat Tripodi, the executive officer of the Marine Fishers Association, which represents the interests of most commercial fishing license holders in the state.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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Unfortunately, an evil Starfleet admiral (Anthony Zerbe) and a conniving alien (F. Murray Abraham) have teamed up to steal the planet’s mojo for themselves.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
30 June 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a plan to slash 20% of the military’s most-senior generals and admirals, continuing the purge of military brass under President Donald Trump.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captain. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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