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Recent Examples of angler
Passed in January by a 14-2 vote, Addendum II also limits recreational anglers to keeping only a single striped bass per day, compared to the previous limit of two stripers.
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Surf anglers can cast from the beach jetty at Murrells Inlet.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
The previous day, another Boise angler had come across it while fishing the same spot.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, the state park’s gorgeous beach itself has a mile of sugar-fine sand that draws anglers for surf fishing and families for beach volleyball.
—Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Surf anglers can cast from the beach jetty at Murrells Inlet.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
The previous day, another Boise angler had come across it while fishing the same spot.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, the state park’s gorgeous beach itself has a mile of sugar-fine sand that draws anglers for surf fishing and families for beach volleyball.
—Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angler
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The doc feature turns on Vicky a trans fisherwoman whose acceptance by her fishing village signals a new era of gender tolerance in the community.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
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The diving fisherwomen of South Korea’s Jeju Island, who harvest shellfish from the seafloor without breathing equipment, were a dwindling, elderly bunch when the agency recognized them, in 2016.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2024
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Also a longtime fly fisherman, Derrick Hicks was about to leave the river after a slow day near the bridge.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hot Water Music was co-founded by guitarist and singer, Chuck Ragan, who is also a passionate fly fisherman.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
20 Oct. 2024
Noun
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This had no impact whatsoever, of course: British seafood pirates simply devised new code systems for the trawlers to use.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, the British trawlers got smart and got harder to catch because from 1928, they were equipped with radio and started passing messages between themselves using secret codes to alert each other when Coast Guard vessels were in and out of harbour.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: China Beach is said to have served as a campground for Chinese fishermen in the 1800s after the Foreign Miners Tax forced Chinese people to leave the goldfields and join fishing crews to make a living.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Angler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angler. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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