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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
Maintaining ships for service is an expensive venture that is ever-present in San Diego, the headquarters of Third Fleet and home to 56 surface warships, including three aircraft carriers.
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
Less than two years old, the Curtiss was described as an aircraft carrier for seaplanes, essential to the front line if war broke out in the Pacific.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The military have long been users of nuclear energy, though mainly in the form of power plants for submarines and aircraft carriers.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
Less than two years old, the Curtiss was described as an aircraft carrier for seaplanes, essential to the front line if war broke out in the Pacific.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The military have long been users of nuclear energy, though mainly in the form of power plants for submarines and aircraft carriers.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 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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Nearly 70 percent of Russia’s oil is being transported by shadow tankers, according to an analysis published in October by the Kyiv School of Economics Institute, a research organization based in Ukraine.Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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The tanker vented a vapor cloud that was visible to passing motorists.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 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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In the weeks before December 19, traders everywhere were fully prepared for the BOJ to hike rates from the current 0.25%.William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Before Wednesday, stock traders hoped the Fed would remain aggressive with interest-rate cuts next year, potentially extending the current bull market.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 19 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 2 Jan. 2025.
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