as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Also a snowbird, Marcia spends about 3-4 winter months on different Regent ships.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Don Steinberg, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Items sold in an upcoming section of Amazon’s website, which will allow U.S. shoppers to buy low-cost goods shipped directly from China, will also be eligible for returnless refunds, according to documents seen by The Associated Press.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The cargo ship Noka, which was intercepted by Greek authorities in 2018 and found to be carrying more than a hundred million dollars’ worth of captagon and hashish, was a Neptunus ship.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Also a snowbird, Marcia spends about 3-4 winter months on different Regent ships.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
By Don Steinberg October 30, 2024 7:53 AM EDT
Cramming 40 acres of farmland into one acre in its Texas greenhouses, indoor vertical farmer Eden Green this year grew and shipped a full suite of ten herbs out of a single facility, where each herb has its own micro-climate.
—Don Steinberg, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Items sold in an upcoming section of Amazon’s website, which will allow U.S. shoppers to buy low-cost goods shipped directly from China, will also be eligible for returnless refunds, according to documents seen by The Associated Press.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company also oversees a colony of about 3,500 rhesus monkeys on the nearby Morgan Island, which is only accessible by boat at the mouth of the Combahee River.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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One evening when the boat is moored in Viviers, we are served a terrific barbecue dinner on the Upper Vista Deck.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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To showcase these full size MBZ SUV models, this week Mercedes Benz sent me a 2024 GLS with a base window sticker price of $145,850.Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The Hurricanes’ 28-23 loss at Georgia Tech sent them from No. 4 to No. 12.Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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This trend highlights not only the growing number of yachting enthusiasts but also the increasing number of high-end vessels sailing into Dubai’s harbors.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The team is now eager to investigate what kinds of products were carried within the vessels in nets, and why the imagery endured over such a large geographic area for so many centuries — and why the exchanges were important enough to be documented on clay tablets.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Emergency medical staff transported her to a local hospital, where she was given further treatment before returning to Alameda that day.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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But the United States has not attempted mass arrests of migrants since 1954, when border agents rounded up more than 1 million people living in Texas and California and forcibly transported them to Mexico.Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
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Russia has used warships from its Black Sea Fleet, as well as strategic bombers, to conduct missile strikes on targets across Ukraine, leading to hundreds of civilian casualties.Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the movement of Chan's second operational aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, and two warship escorts in waters east of the northern Philippines.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Deliveries of all 737 Max planes as well as freighter models have been halted by the strike.Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Max, as well as two freighter models, the 777F and 767F, are built in unionized plants shut down by the strike.Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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