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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Trump has also authorized CIA operations in Venezuela, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to South America last week.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 Oct. 2025
As of Friday, the aircraft carrier was in port in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Among them is the Liaoning aircraft carrier lurking in waters close to the Philippines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Trump has also authorized CIA operations in Venezuela, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to South America last week.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 Oct. 2025
As of Friday, the aircraft carrier was in port in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Among them is the Liaoning aircraft carrier lurking in waters close to the Philippines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
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A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
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No structural damage was done to the bridge after the fire involving a tanker carrying diesel, said the Ohio Department of Transportation.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Oct. 2025
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The voyage comes eight years after a natural gas tanker transited the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker, and signals growing strategic implications as ice coverage continues to shrink.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The forward garage can carry a multitude of tenders, toys, and watercraft, Damen says.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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Disney's Parr House overlooks Cotino Bay, a massive body of water that guests will also be able to traverse via different types of watercraft.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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There are 10 speeds for nearly any task, and there are also 10 attachments available that transform your mixer into a pasta maker, a veggie cutter and more.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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In addition to guarding Doncic, Kuminga looked comfortable launching bombs from behind the arc against a porous Lakers defense while also creating space as a cutter when Green had the ball at the elbow.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Retail traders have quietly been emerging as the market's new smart money.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gunvor rose to prominence in the 2000s as the world’s biggest trader in Russian oil.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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This is my mother’s story that cannot be deleted, this is her legit experiences on steamship of American democracy.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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