pullers

noun

plural of puller
as in sailors

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  1. sailors
  2. seamen
  3. salts
  4. navigators
  5. swabs
  6. oarsmen
  7. oars
  8. tars
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
  • Thai officials pitch the stop as rest and recovery and an economic boost for Pattaya, while families like New Jersey mom Shakeira Fairfax finally reunite with sailors after months of anxiety.
    — Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailors
Noun
  • Made famous by Jewish-style delis in Richmond, Virginia, to satisfy the appetites of local Navy seamen, the Sailor sandwich is a meat-centric indulgence.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • These outposts were intended to be manned by British seamen armed with antiaircraft weaponry.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of seamen
Noun
  • It is used in advanced fission molten salt reactor designs, where molten lithium-containing salts can serve as part of the reactor system.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The standard explanation for why rain causes corrosion is that water carries dissolved salts and acids to a surface, constant drumming of raindrops abrades whatever protective coating is on it, and oxygen does the rest.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of salts
Noun
  • Insights from Latino caregivers encouraged us to hire bilingual dementia care navigators and include Spanish-language dementia resources.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As our study shows, navigators can streamline outreach tactics and serve as an educational touchpoint to beneficiaries about Medicaid and the redetermination process.
    — Rebecca Myerson, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigators
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
  • As with almost all single-chip LCD models, the Boom Air comes with a cleaning kit of swabs on sticks for removing dust specs from the LCD if needed.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of swabs
Noun
  • While Viking sagas mention rhythmic chants to aid oarsmen, the dramatic, coordinated movements seen today bear little resemblance to actual Viking rowing techniques.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Nonetheless, killing such huge creatures was exceptionally risky—and not just for the oarsmen and harpooners in the boats.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of oarsmen
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 oars
Noun
  • Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.
    — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of tars
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