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Recent Examples of tanker
Over 2022 and 2023, Western powers fully or partially banned all imports of Russian crude oil by tanker, oil products, coal, pipeline gas, some liquified natural gas (LNG), and more, and eventually many of the financial mechanisms and technologies necessary to process trade transactions.
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Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
People prepare bodies for burial Wednesday after a tanker explosion in Majiya, Nigeria.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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
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Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
People prepare bodies for burial Wednesday after a tanker explosion in Majiya, Nigeria.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
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Supplies for the season are brought in via a massive barge from Vancouver while fresh produce is brought in weekly.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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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
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Managers of offshore oil rigs, supertankers, and Antarctic research stations all appreciate the importance of food to maintaining group morale and productivity in isolated, remote, and confined situations.Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
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Satellite imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission on Sept. 25 shows a number of VLCC supertankers in the waters around Kharg Island, Iran’s principal oil export terminal.Natasha Turak, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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Also on Thursday, a Chinese warship with the bow number 552 was spotted about 50 nautical miles (58 miles) off the coast of Zambales province in Luzon, the Philippines' most populous island.Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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South Korea Defense Ministry/AP In November, Mr. Nakatani became the first Japanese defense minister to board a South Korean warship, when the ship made a port call in Yokosuka, Japan.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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From a spacious water tank to an 8-foot-long cord, this steamer strikes a balance between convenience and performance.Jackie Cucco, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bring 1 inch of water to boil in a large saucepan fitted with a steamer basket.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recipe options per week: At least 16 meals; various quantities of add-ons and pantry items | Packing materials: Recyclable boxes, containers, packaging; partly recyclable liners and ice packs | Availability: Contiguous United States Try It 13.Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024
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The opponents shouted their fears about groundwater contamination, and one testified that the mine waste’s liner is sure to leak more than what the state projects.Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Second, emissions from burning the fuels (downstream) eclipse the emissions in production and transport (upstream and midstream).Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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And in partnership with Audi, the marque is providing transport to guests via the all-electric Q6 e-trons.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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