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Recent Examples of steamship
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.
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Chun-Lien Su, IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2019
The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Chun-Lien Su, IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2019
The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
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While steaming, be sure to hold the steamer nozzle upright so hot water doesn't spill or dribble out.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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What is the difference between a (portable) steamer and iron?—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
27 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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The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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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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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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This is the quartet’s 10th season aboard the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 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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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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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
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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