Example Sentences

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On Ilha de Mare, quilombo residents have for generations survived on the hard work of artisanal fishermen and fisherwomen.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2022

So began a battle between Chevron and hundreds of fisherwomen in the Niger Delta.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 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

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