free diver
Americannoun
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free divers
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A free diver has said he "couldn't believe his luck" after spotting a giant jellyfish off the Welsh coastline.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A chance meeting on a shared flight years earlier had given Krack, a veteran free diver who worked on the 2009 documentary “The Cove,” the opportunity to introduce himself to Cameron.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
She grew up in Mississippi, where her father was a river boat captain, and was a free diver before she took up magnet fishing a year ago.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
The experienced free diver was spearfishing near Mack’s Reef Wednesday afternoon when witnesses said he went down and never resurfaced.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Almost a year after Pollard survived this attack, a free diver and spear fisher Norman Galli, then 50, dropped into a glassy sea off a small island near Albany, a five-hour drive further south.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2019
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