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Recent Examples of angler
One of the seats will be reserved for a wildlife scientist, one for a conservationist, one for a hunter and angler and one for a rancher or farmer.
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Once a small venture, the sportfishing event now attracts anglers from around the world who come to Ocean City each summer to compete for millions in prize money.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
The vast majority of license suspensions issued are for anglers, since Connecticut issues significantly more fishing licenses than hunting licenses each year, according to James Fowler, spokesperson with DEEP.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The heads are kept there, while anglers can take the rest of the fish home to eat.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Once a small venture, the sportfishing event now attracts anglers from around the world who come to Ocean City each summer to compete for millions in prize money.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
The vast majority of license suspensions issued are for anglers, since Connecticut issues significantly more fishing licenses than hunting licenses each year, according to James Fowler, spokesperson with DEEP.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The heads are kept there, while anglers can take the rest of the fish home to eat.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angler
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The enterprise trains local fishermen and their families—including fisherwomen, whose roles have been largely erased by modern norms—in leather tanning, sewing, and sustainable fishing practices.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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For years, the fisherwoman has lived in the heart of this national park, located on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca.—
Gwendolina Duval,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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Off the coast of southern Japan, trawlers hauled in their nets and sifted through the catch.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Meanwhile, an 11-state Fisheries Mitigation Project is still trying to figure out how to establish a process by which the wind developers will compensate fishermen for messing up their industry.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Frank recalls when her husband, Willie Frank III, also a fisherman, would come back with many totes full of salmon.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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“Angler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angler. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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