oil tanker

noun

: a large ship that carries oil

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Since then, just a single oil tanker has arrived on the island, in late March — down from about eight a month previously. ABC News, 10 July 2026 This picture taken on March 26, 2026 shows an oil tanker unloading crude oil at a port in Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province. Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026 Just a single oil tanker, from Russia, has docked in Cuba since the beginning of the year. CBS News, 19 June 2026 Oil prices wavered after the United States and Iran signed an agreement to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil tanker traffic. Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for oil tanker

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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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