fisherwoman
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Reports from this year’s Sundance Film Festival mention, on the seeming opposite end of the spectrum, his role in “Wicker” as the fantasy man of a lonely fisherwoman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“It’s the most interesting thing going on right now,” one, a commercial fisherwoman, said.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
"We are ready to face anything in our fight against the project. Our livelihoods should be protected at all costs," Vijaya, a fisherwoman from Pulicat, said.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
She is a fisherwoman, author, educator, cook and an advocate for sustainable fishery.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
I remember the fake fisherwoman telling me that Grandma was a Queen Mother … and now I’m standing in front of this girl who has a Queen Mother pin.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
To ensure the sustainability of shellfish stocks, only licensed fisherwomen can participate and the season is limited to October-March.
From Reuters ● Dec. 2, 2021
I then realized that this term referred to fishermen and fisherwomen.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2020
Monday, Sept. 12: University of Washington professor and anthropologist Margaret Willson will discuss her book “Seawomen of Iceland” about Iceland’s risk-taking fisherwomen, at 7 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2016
To fill in the missing data, the team combed through the scientific literature and interviewed local experts, ranging from scientists to fishermen and fisherwomen.
From Nature ● Mar. 16, 2015
The song that fisherwomen sang to the sad young bride as they braided her hair and prepared her for her wedding to a man she didn’t love.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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