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Recent Examples of collier
On the red carpet, there were many classic diamond colliers and bibs, from Mikey Madison’s Tiffany & Co.
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Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023
Dressed in a magenta silk slip dress from the house’s spring/summer 2003 ready-to-wear collection, one of the iconic Massai collier de Chien chokers from Galliano’s Dior debut and a pair of gold python sandals from Tom Ford, Rihanna went full fashion nerd.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 June 2021
On the way home, the collier made a stop (some say unplanned) in Barbados for coal.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
USS Langley, a converted collier that could carry up to 36 planes, was completed in 1922 in Norfolk, Virginia.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022
Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
—The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023
Dressed in a magenta silk slip dress from the house’s spring/summer 2003 ready-to-wear collection, one of the iconic Massai collier de Chien chokers from Galliano’s Dior debut and a pair of gold python sandals from Tom Ford, Rihanna went full fashion nerd.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 June 2021
On the way home, the collier made a stop (some say unplanned) in Barbados for coal.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
USS Langley, a converted collier that could carry up to 36 planes, was completed in 1922 in Norfolk, Virginia.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022
Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
—The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collier
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Lavender bath and shower bombs: $5.87 Image 1 of 2 (Walmart) Throwing a bath bomb or shower steamer in your bath or shower is the perfect way to relax after a long day.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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There are also non-coffee drinks such as a chai latte, Italian soda, steamers and a fruit smoothie.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
Journal Sentinel,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Others were structures not intended for residential use but which had been cleverly repurposed, such as an industrial barge turned houseboat in Paris.—
Amy Astley,
Architectural Digest,
18 Mar. 2025
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Naval News reported that the ships could potentially link up with a landing barge's stern, enabling the rapid transfer of tanks and other vehicles.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The shifting dynamics are analogous in many ways to the relationship between cutters and tailors, says Ji.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their ability to identify cutters has been off, too.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
4 May 2023
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All this means that the charming Bajoran lightship that Captain Sisko builds on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, depicted in the show as a medieval construction of metal and wood, is only feasible if the Bajoran sun were powerful enough to probably incinerate the entire space station in the first place.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
22 Oct. 2020
Noun
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The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into a U.S. fuel tanker in the North Sea, appeared in a British court where he was charged with manslaughter and gross negligence.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Russian remanded in fatal sea collision LONDON -- The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker last week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Collier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collier. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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