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Recent Examples of steamship
Then a friend who worked in advertising suggested the less generic and more regionally pleasing Old Bay, the nickname for a steamship operated by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which ran regularly between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, carrying passengers and mail.
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The effect of technology grew more pronounced with the Industrial Revolution, which led to the creation of machine guns, steamships, and radios.
—Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
The discovery of the Muir came just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 below the surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 24 July 2024
Located along the southern Detroit River, the island saw nearly 800,000 visitors annually, ferried over by passenger steamships the Ste. Claire and SS Columbia.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The effect of technology grew more pronounced with the Industrial Revolution, which led to the creation of machine guns, steamships, and radios.
—Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
The discovery of the Muir came just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 below the surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 24 July 2024
Located along the southern Detroit River, the island saw nearly 800,000 visitors annually, ferried over by passenger steamships the Ste. Claire and SS Columbia.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
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Invigorate Shower Steamers Gift Set $28 Uncommon Goods Ending a long day with a nice shower and steamers is a lovely way to wind down (especially in the winter).Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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Let the steamer cool before repeating the process and then dry with a microfiber cloth. 5.Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
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His friend, David, furiously began digging the pumpkin out, but the pair soon discovered that the beach had been used to moor barges, and there were large industrial cables underneath the ground.Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
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The new series follows Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown), a strong young wizard— who with the help of Alex— barges in Justin’s mundane life with his two boys, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko), and his wife Giada (Mimi Gianopulos).Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
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Other commercial orchards were planted in the 1870s; by 1880, apple production exceeded what freighters could haul.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 23 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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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News on Friday.Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday that the U.S. is sending more bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East to strengthen the American military's presence in the region.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 long-range bombers, along with more destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, would be deployed to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that further destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be sent to the Middle East to deter Iran and its allies from conducting more attacks.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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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 3 Dec. 2024.
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