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Recent Examples of icebreaker
Among the inaugural honorees is Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury icebreaker.
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Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The Elimination Challenge With the icebreaker challenge behind them, the chefs faced their first elimination challenge, and the stakes were immediately raised.
—Buddha Lo, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
With regard to the Chinese icebreaker fleet, the report said in addition to the five ships in service, China is working on developing heavier icebreakers and icebreakers with nuclear propulsion, increasing its ability to map the Arctic for both civilian and military purposes.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Other icebreakers stand by for cargo ships that populate the waterway year-round.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
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Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The Elimination Challenge With the icebreaker challenge behind them, the chefs faced their first elimination challenge, and the stakes were immediately raised.
—Buddha Lo, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
With regard to the Chinese icebreaker fleet, the report said in addition to the five ships in service, China is working on developing heavier icebreakers and icebreakers with nuclear propulsion, increasing its ability to map the Arctic for both civilian and military purposes.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Other icebreakers stand by for cargo ships that populate the waterway year-round.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icebreaker
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My son Philip, 33 then, and his wife Madeline drove into the yard after supper.—
Horace R. Hinkley,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2025
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From convenient weeknight supper ideas packed with flavor to pretty tablecloths and settings that will upgrade your Easter entertaining, there are bargains down every aisle of ALDI to serve up fresh inspiration around your house.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
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The pieces were lifted by a crane and placed onto a barge with other parts recovered from the flight that took off from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday for Washington's Reagan National Airport with 60 passengers and four crew members on board.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The key objective of the New Glenn's first uncrewed spaceflight last month was for the second stage of the vehicle to safely reach orbit before Blue Origin attempted to land the rocket booster, or first stage, on a barge several hundred miles offshore in the Atlantic.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, these additions alter tea's nutritional content.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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Like livestock manure and compost tea, these castings contain beneficial microbes, and they are added to compost piles for faster composting.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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Houston scored again in the sixth to pull within two, an inning that could have been much worse had Harrison Bader’s diving catch on an Alvarez liner to left field not saved a run, or potentially even two.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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These are all well and good, but none of them depict the medical emergencies that may occur on a luxury cruise liner called The Odyssey gliding through the Caribbean.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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That’s what prompted me to include monthly socials for women who may be just beginning their reading journey or are simply looking for community.—
Tamia Boyd,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Apr. 2025
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Summer Hamptons Party Host a coastal social that transports you to the Hamptons—even if there’s no beach in sight.—
Maggie Griswold,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2025
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With past tanker seizures straining relations between Tehran and Washington, the move could escalate tensions further.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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But deploying firefighters, helicopters and water tankers is often based on human decisions.—
Devendra Goyal,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Latest footage released by the U.S. Central Command on X shows missiles were fired from a warship and fighter jets were launched from the Harry S. Truman to strike the Houthis.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The oilers are particularly needed in the Indo-Pacific and Persian Gulf — areas regularly patrolled by warships based in San Diego, Hawaii, Washington state and sites in Japan.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The eight will be honored at a ceremony during the 15th annual A STEP UP assistant coaches professional development symposium at Queens University in Charlotte.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
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The state’s top public safety officials warned attendees at the annual Connecticut emergency management symposium Tuesday that the only certainty is that billions of dollars currently slated for emergency operations across the U.S. are under review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Icebreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icebreaker. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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