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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
The Diplomat — which premiered in April 2023 — chronicles Kate, the U.S. ambassador to the U.K., attempting to prevent another world war after a British aircraft carrier was bombed.
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
To project power, the United States has focused for years on developing strong offensive control platforms, such as aircraft carriers.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
America's navy, while stretched, has a global footprint and 65 submarines of various classes, all of which are nuclear-powered, plus 11 aircraft carriers.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The service tallied 296 battle force ships (aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, amphibious ships, and logistics and support ships) in December.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
To project power, the United States has focused for years on developing strong offensive control platforms, such as aircraft carriers.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
America's navy, while stretched, has a global footprint and 65 submarines of various classes, all of which are nuclear-powered, plus 11 aircraft carriers.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The service tallied 296 battle force ships (aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, amphibious ships, and logistics and support ships) in December.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
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Rind even redesigned the masthead of the paper to make her own name more prominent and, through the inclusion of an illustration of a merchant ship, signal a stronger endorsement of the principles of free trade.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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As Scheidel notes, a quarter of Japan’s physical capital was wiped out during the war, including four-fifths of all its merchant ships and up to one-half of its chemical plants.—
Timur Kuran,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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Alaska Airlines has invested in the project and the US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract for a demonstrator that could serve as an air refueling tanker, cargo or transport aircraft.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Russia responded by using a shadow fleet of tankers whose ties to Moscow were hidden to transport the commodity which continues to generate high revenues for the Kremlin, despite sanctions.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Paddlers must wear a personal flotation device and bring their own watercraft and whistle.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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Four watercraft, four drones, six K9s, 40 investigators and 138 community volunteers were involved, the sheriff’s office said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The cutter was relatively effective (.416 expected opponent slugging percentage), as was his sweeper (.428 XSLG), but left-handed hitters teed off on his four-seamer (.778 XSLG) and change-up (.509 XSLG).—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Through August, Webb’s cutter accounted for 1.1% of his pitches.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2025
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The other is in December of 2004, the show’s current-day timeline where Desmond has landed on a freighter several miles offshore from the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even so, traders will be looking for any hints of a positive or negative tone in the Fed’s projections and public comments at the close of the panel’s two-day meeting Wednesday afternoon.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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For now, traders on Wall Street are largely expecting the Fed to deliver two or three rate cuts by the end of 2025.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Titanic was a luxury steamship that sank on April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2025
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Way back in 1880, Thomas Edison used one of his electric dynamos, which generated direct current, to power the lighting on the steamship SS Columbia.—
Chun-Lien Su,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2019
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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