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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.
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Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.
—Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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
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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Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.
—Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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
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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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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steamship
noun
steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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