lightship

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Recent Examples of lightship Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Longreads, 4 May 2023 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 Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar. oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020 This accommodation allows guests to sleep in a 70-year-old British lightship (which is essentially a lighthouse in boat form). Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020 The lightship is safely docked in the water, only minutes away from the city center. Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020 The couple, along with their two children, also live on the ship, according to the lightship’s website. Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020 Shopping and sightseeing go hand-in-hand; galleries showcase local artists, boutiques sell high style and resort casual attire, emporiums carry distinctive lightship baskets. Danica Farley, Orange County Register, 17 July 2019 Former Massachusetts State Senator Bill Golden is selling his Nantucket lightship for $5.2 million. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightship
Noun
  • Writer David Wolman tells a story that in many ways mirrors that of the Titanic: a giant gleaming steamship full of illustrious passengers, concerns over its safety drowned out by media buzz and undue faith in its engineering.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The discovery of the steamship Le Lyonnais was recently announced by Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS).
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The company initially built tugboats to tow offshore oil rigs and barges through the criss-cross of bayous and canals.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Remove steamer from pot and turn out oysters onto table.
    Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Our go-to handheld steamer is marked down to just $50.
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Three freighters sank that day: the Anna C. Minch, William B. Davock and Novadoc.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Tokyo has been enhancing its island defense capabilities, including developing a stealthy missile capable of conducting long-range attacks to sink invading warships.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The call between the two top military leaders was not made public until Wednesday, a day after the Russian defense ministry announced that Russian warships in the that area had launched hypersonic missiles at an undisclosed target area in international waters of that body of water.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Trump made headlines at the time of the blaze for suggested using flying water tankers to extinguish the flames, advice French officials rejected, citing risks to the cathedral's stability.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • French officials pushed back on the then-president’s suggestion to use flying water tankers to fight the Notre Dame fire.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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, 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

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“Lightship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightship. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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