as in merchant ship
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Noun
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These five ships could provide a powerful escort for merchant ships carrying Ukrainian grain notwithstanding their limited numbers.—
Mark Cancian,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2022 -
One example: On March 14, 1970, during the Vietnam War, two crewmembers with pistols took control of the SS Columbia Eagle, a U.S. merchant ship delivering napalm and other ammo to the warzone.—
Roberto Loiederman,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2025
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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The dirigibles could be airborne aircraft carriers.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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Under the city solicitation, the project would also include a new floating stage for performers to replace the converted barge that once hosted performers at the stadium.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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That barge is nicknamed Jacklyn, after the mother of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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The cloth cutters are mostly men; the sewers, who do the more complex engineering, such as the cuffs and collars, are mostly women.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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National security cutters are designed to support global operations and missions, and can hold a crew of up to 170, according to the branch.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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In September of 1955, Marthe boards a steamship with two other fellows from France, both men, to make the five day trip across the Atlantic to Boston.—
Lorena Galliot,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2025
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More-efficient steam engines were deployed in new factories, trains and steamships.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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Two days later, on January 31, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Two days later, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, sending homes into flames and resulting in seven deaths — six of those on board and another individual on the ground.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Life in Gaza has been sustained by intermittent convoys of water tankers and trucks with cargoes of plastic bottles.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Recommended The Monitor's View A migrant debate cuts across the Americas When one such tanker was hit and destroyed, the battle group helped evacuate its Filipino crew to safety aboard the USS Eisenhower.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jan. 2025
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His portfolio includes a 215-horsepower watercraft and the Snoped, an upright single-track snow bike with stark, boxy bodywork.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters used the watercraft to reach three hunters that had lost control of their boat and were unable to make it to shore.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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