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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
In August, for example, the Chinese navy and air force violated Japan’s territorial waters and airspace—an escalation that was eclipsed, just weeks later, when China sailed an aircraft carrier through Japanese waters for the first time.
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Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
China has a total of more than 370 ships and submarines in service, including the world's second-largest aircraft carrier fleet.
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
China deployed its Liaoning aircraft carrier for the drills, and CCTV showed a J-15 fighter jet taking off from the deck of the carrier, though the exact location of the ship is unclear.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
China has a total of more than 370 ships and submarines in service, including the world's second-largest aircraft carrier fleet.
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
China deployed its Liaoning aircraft carrier for the drills, and CCTV showed a J-15 fighter jet taking off from the deck of the carrier, though the exact location of the ship is unclear.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
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During the night of December 16, 1773, somewhere between 30 and 130 men, a few disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest duties imposed by the British parliament.Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
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No injuries or damage were reported, and the merchant ships involved were not identified.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sunshine State residents interested in outings on Florida’s myriad lakes, rivers and coastal waterways can explore the latest watercraft at the Daytona Boat Show.Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Denmark have also provided watercraft that can be used to support this operation.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sugano also throws a cutter, slider, splitter, sinker and curve.Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The pair of figures came into and out of focus; in some passages the surface had hyper-similitude, in others a rougher, grooved surface, betraying the involvement of a CNC cutter.Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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While Governor Andrew Bailey has previously signaled four rate cuts could be possible next year, traders are divided over when the Bank of England will resume lowering interest rates.Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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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 31 Dec. 2024.
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