Thesaurus results for PULLER

puller

noun

Definition of puller

as in sailor

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Recent Examples of puller The biggest crowd puller is the famous black cod miso but locals have unofficially crowned the Wagyu beef and foie gras dumplings with spicy ponzu Warsaw’s favorite. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Picard trained as a lanyard man, the puller of the firing cord. — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 Georgia runs a quarterback sweep toward Freeling — who is the lead puller on the play. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 May 2026 The codefendant, Moudy, who is not the trigger puller, got a 45-year sentence. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 19 May 2026 In fact, the Drive doesn't even include the tent stake puller at the center of the model family name. — New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026 Right now, the overstock outlet is hiding miracle-working gardening tools, like this $4 gardening hoe and a $7 weed puller. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026 The focus puller zeroes in on my mom’s face. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Eleven white men stood on the gallows with him—the hangman, the trigger-puller, officers of the law, the priest. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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Noun

After nine months at sea, the sailors and Marines of the USS Abraham Lincoln are trading their cargo pants and boots for shorts and flip-flops.

— Sam Winslade, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
The Navy had dismissed reports about sailors onboard struggling with mental health concerns.

— Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

The shelter will be open only to Elk Grove residents or people with deep ties to the city, verified through a vetting process, who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
That navigator works to understand their needs and challenges, and then provides tailored recommendations.

— Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of navigator

Noun

What Michael didn’t say was that, sometime after Star’s hospital visit, the kids’ nose swabs had come back negative for measles.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Done with a cheek swab, blood draw or saliva sample, this testing mainly looks at liver enzymes that affect how the body metabolizes medicines.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of swab

Noun

Over millions of years, those extra abdominal oars were simplified, repurposed, and eventually erased entirely, leaving behind the streamlined six-legged architects of Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Behind them, Stephen Root is laughing at Kate O’Flynn holding a plastic owl over her face, while Hamish Linklater quietly tests out a pair of old-timey oars.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of oar

Noun

At present, lithium-ion batteries excel at short-term electricity storage (hours), but hydrogen can be stored in large quantities in underground salt caverns for months, balancing seasonal swings in renewable energy production.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Drizzle enough olive oil over the ingredients to generously coat them, season with salt and black pepper, and very gently fold together with your hands or a spoon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of salt

Noun

Salge also notes no big issues with tar spot or fungus – things which can damage maple leaves.

— Eric Fisher, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Despite repairs that included caulking with tar and hemp, the ship was deemed unfit for the Atlantic crossing and abandoned.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of tar

Noun

Hernandez was charged with two counts of misconduct of a ship officer resulting in death under the seaman’s manslaughter statute and released on a $50,000 bond at his presentment in Manhattan federal court two days after the incident.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter, according to court records.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of seaman

Noun

On the inaugural voyage in May 2022, the passenger list included everyone from experienced, 40-cruises-under-their-belts sea dogs to first-timers; birthday-party groups to singletons.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026
Paternoster Row stands a few blocks away from the Old Bailey courts and Newgate Prison, where so many sea dogs were dragged in chains, tried and sentenced to death.

— Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024

Definition of sea dog

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