Sentence examples for were crewed from inspiring English sources

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were crewed

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A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, or airplane.

  • If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.

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North Korea watchers say there is no evidence to suggest the boats were crewed by agents sent to abduct Japanese citizens, as happened on many occasions during the 70s and 80s.

They lived in shotgun houses provided by the companies that owned both the boats, which were crewed by the men, and the canneries, which were worked by the women and children.

At the beginning of their careers, the ships were crewed by about 900 men.

Some of the anti-aircraft guns were crewed by Malay auxiliaries.

Another popular theory is that the ghost ships were crewed by fishermen struggling to fulfil fishing quotas.

The first 50 T-26 tanks which arrived in Spain, under the command of Krivoshein, were crewed by Soviet personnel.

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The 4,985-ton 4,985-tonctor will be crewed by 76 Royal Navy personnel.

Each gun was crewed by eight men.

Females were crew.

The two civilian fatalities were crew members of Vladimir Nazor.

His name was Crews.

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