as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of ship
Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The threats include foreign governments and hackers jamming GPS signals or even spoofing them, which can produce a false location and send cars, ships, and planes to the wrong location.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that his province also plans to charge a 25% tariff on electricity shipped to three U.S. states in response to Trump's tariff plan, and would remain in place until all threat of tariffs had been removed.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Walsh and Nixon met in an unbelievable way: on a ship just before the pandemic.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The threats include foreign governments and hackers jamming GPS signals or even spoofing them, which can produce a false location and send cars, ships, and planes to the wrong location.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
Wedding is alleged to have run a transnational drug trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other locations in the U.S.
He's also alleged to have orchestrated and attempted multiple murders.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that his province also plans to charge a 25% tariff on electricity shipped to three U.S. states in response to Trump's tariff plan, and would remain in place until all threat of tariffs had been removed.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
Noun
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Authorities are now searching additional neighboring beaches as well as on land with 300 officers, search dogs, boats, two helicopters and other resources, Fox News Digital has confirmed.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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For thousands of years, Arctic peoples have used a hunting boat called the qajaq, which is designed for speed and silence and is made of sealskin stretched over a whalebone or driftwood frame.—
Chloe Berge,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Bears sent a 2026 fourth-round pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for Thuney and a sixth-round selection in next month’s draft to the Los Angeles Rams for Jackson.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Houthi rebels attacked over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels and killing four sailors, from November 2023 until January this year when a ceasefire began in Gaza.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Houthis began targeting dozens of military and commercial vessels shortly after the war in Gaza began late 2023, choking off transit in one of the world's busiest waterways.—
Jackie Northam,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Cleanup spanned over the course of many years and at its peak, over 410 trucks were transporting debris to landfills every day.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The officers rendered medical aid to the men until paramedics arrived and transported them to a hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What's next: Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis, both Utah Republicans, want the option to build warships and major components overseas, in NATO countries and friendly Indo-Pacific areas (think Japan or South Korea).—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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Take away the living quarters, corridors, ventilators, ladders, access ways, and work spaces, and a warship can be shrunk to a remarkable degree.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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