angler

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Recent Examples of angler Hikers, campers, anglers, and hunters are also welcome to explore these newly accessible lands. Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 In addition to being limited to a single fly, every angler would have to use a bamboo rod. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024 Residents along the southern edge of Big Bear Lake were told to leave the area, which is a popular destination for anglers, bikers and hikers. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024 Created in the 1960s with the construction of Millwood Dam along the Little River, Millwood Lake is paradise for anglers filled with largemouth, white striped, spotted and Florida bass, as well as other species, including bluegill and bream. Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for angler 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angler
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Because in a town like Victor, every fly fisherman is a junkie, every tier a supplier, and word gets around about who has the best dope.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • There were eight Russian fishing trawlers docked outside, housing at least six hundred Russian sailors.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • In Africa, for instance, Chinese trawlers catch 100,000 metric tons of fish each year just from Ghanian waters, and the country’s fishing stocks are now in crisis, as local fishermen’s incomes have dropped by up to 40 percent over the last decade.
    Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The bird meets fishermen who tell him about a wealthy nobleman who keeps carved boxes with light inside.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
  • As for the fishermen [who rescued the POWs], both the old or the young still didn’t think that their ancestors had done anything worthy of praise.
    Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Angler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angler. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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