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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
skipper .
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Examples
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He skippered the craft to the world speed record for a powerboat circumnavigating the globe in 2008, before it was bought with the help of Ady Gil, a Hollywood lighting-equipment magnate, to become a new spearhead for Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling efforts.
Conservationists row over ship hit by Japanese whaling vessel Robert Booth 2010
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The present war was an outgrowth of a colonial dispute between Britain and Spain in the Caribbean, which started when a Spanish ship stopped a British merchantman skippered by Robert Jenkins, who lost an ear in a fight with the boarding party.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Our boat is skippered by Clive, who runs the ocean charter at Rocktail Bay where I spent my first two nights in South Africa.
'It is clear these beautiful animals are as curious about us as we are about them' 2011
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Mid-Lakes Navigation built these self-skippered canal boats to be both rugged and comfortable.
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Rambler 100 is owned and skippered by George David, the former chairman and chief executive of the listed US technology company, United Technologies Corporation.
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Wild Oats, skippered by Mark Richards, regained the lead on Wednesday morning and had opened a four-mile lead by mid-afternoon which seemed to ensure its sixth line honours success.
Investec Loyal's Sydney-Hobart win in doubt after Wild Oats' protest 2011
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This time, Con Man (Mr. Mako Shark Fishing from a Kayak) skippered Jeff Patterson of Abel Reels to what must be the holy grail of "out there" angling accomplishments -- hooking and landing a great white shark on a fly rod.
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As the yachts make their way out of the Cowes Harbour toward Old Castle Point, French team PRB, skippered by Vincent Riou, takes the lead—choosing a line close to the shore.
Sailing in the Eye of the Wind William Lyons 2011
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Mid-Lakes Navigation built these self-skippered canal boats to be both rugged and comfortable.
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I realize I was being presumptuous, assuming he liked them at all—so what if he skippered one for a living?
The Lure of the Tug Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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