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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
The San Diego aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is in the background, training west of San Diego for possible assignment to the Middle East, the Navy says.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
But the few concrete actions the prime minister has sought to take, such as the deployment of a British aircraft carrier, have taken far longer to implement than expected and have signaled a military unequipped to respond efficiently to threats.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2026
The Tripoli is an amphibious assault ship that functions essentially as a small aircraft carrier.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
But the few concrete actions the prime minister has sought to take, such as the deployment of a British aircraft carrier, have taken far longer to implement than expected and have signaled a military unequipped to respond efficiently to threats.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2026
The Tripoli is an amphibious assault ship that functions essentially as a small aircraft carrier.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
Noun
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Four of the ships were tankers carrying crude oil or chemicals, with the majority of the rest bulk carriers, a kind of merchant ship carrying dry cargo.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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On the threat to merchant ships, Trump projected uncertainty.—
Ana Ceballos,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Hopes that tanker traffic could resume with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz were dashed before engines could even fire up.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pizza cutter and reheating plate help make enjoying leftovers simple and mess-free.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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With an assist from the Coast Guard cutter Spar, the laker returned to port.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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What’s killing the whales San Francisco Bay is a busy urban waterway, with high-speed ferries, cargo ships, commercial fishing vessels and recreational watercraft.—
Daniel Crocker,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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The rider hung onto his upside-down watercraft for an hour, as speeding boats raced by.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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On something huge like a North Sea passenger ferry or a freighter, just stopping the ship can take miles to accomplish, never mind putting about.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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According to a statement from Lufthansa, the cargo division can operate up to two-thirds of our regular freighter operations.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2026
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That’s what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line’s famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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There was no direct overland route, so cross-country mail got routed via steamship around South America.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, traders will be monitoring Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Cue fat windfalls for the traders.—
Wailin Wong,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Your journey begins with a quick (complimentary) boat ride on a traditional rice barge across the Chao Phraya River.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Blue Origin’s Endurance lander departed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday for a trip by barge back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for final preparations to launch on the company’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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