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Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
The switch from sail to steam meant fewer jobs: there weren’t all those sails to set and furl, and steamships were larger and could carry much bigger cargoes.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
In September of 1955, Marthe boards a steamship with two other fellows from France, both men, to make the five day trip across the Atlantic to Boston.
—Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
The switch from sail to steam meant fewer jobs: there weren’t all those sails to set and furl, and steamships were larger and could carry much bigger cargoes.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
In September of 1955, Marthe boards a steamship with two other fellows from France, both men, to make the five day trip across the Atlantic to Boston.
—Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steamship
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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steamship
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steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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