warship

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Recent Examples of warship Da Nang has often hosted foreign warships, including those of the U.S. Navy. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025 Most of China’s current production comprises commercial shipping vessels; modern warships are much more complex to build, but in the course of a long war commercial shipyards in China could learn to do so. Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025 Some of the larger military applications have created warships of immense size. Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 18 Mar. 2025 It is designed with advanced stealth technology, combat command systems and firepower integration, the Chinese state media said, enhancing the warship's performance. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warship
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Noun
  • In 1925, Evangelina Rodríguez stepped off a steamship in her hometown of San Pedro de Macorís.
    Laura Gómez, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The survivors yelled for help when a steamship passed them during the night, but without flares to signal they were not seen.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • With past tanker seizures straining relations between Tehran and Washington, the move could escalate tensions further.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But deploying firefighters, helicopters and water tankers is often based on human decisions.
    Devendra Goyal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • It had been stated before, that Starfleet ships in the 23rd century didn’t have holodecks, but suddenly here is one — that grid pattern is unmistakable — and the crew seems to be using it to solve a whodunnit, Christie-style.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2025
  • It is set to join its sister ship, USS Harry S. Truman, which is operating in the Middle East.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The aircraft took part in the Argentine military operation in January alongside a smaller C-12 surveillance plane and two corvette warships, according to the Argentine navy.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The Russian ship under British surveillance, known as the corvette Boikiy, was escorting the merchant vessel the Baltic Leader on its voyage from Syria through the English Channel and North Sea.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025

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