Example Sentences

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He was skippering a Spanish-registered yacht intercepted by the French navy on 18 December, around 1,200 miles east of Martinique in the Atlantic.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

I was skippering for a fisherman named Mike Lerner," recalls Gifford, "and we hooked into this fish at 3 p.m.

From Time Magazine Archive

"This is no democracy," Bus announced when he was skippering Weatherly in the 1962 Cup trials.

From Time Magazine Archive