oil tanker

noun

: a large ship that carries oil

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Banksy removed one of the servants and added a sinking oil tanker and two figures in hazmat suits hauling a barrel of toxic waste. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025 An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 18, 2019. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025 Image Finland seized an oil tanker The Finnish authorities yesterday boarded and seized an oil tanker in Finnish waters on the suspicion that it was involved in cutting vital undersea cables as an act of sabotage. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 The latest sanctions from President 's administration on Russia's oil sector have severely disrupted Moscow's Arctic oil business and stalled its oil tanker fleet, according to a Tuesday report. Jon Jackson, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil tanker

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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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