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Recent Examples of collier
On the red carpet, there were many classic diamond colliers and bibs, from Mikey Madison’s Tiffany & Co.
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Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023
Dressed in a magenta silk slip dress from the house’s spring/summer 2003 ready-to-wear collection, one of the iconic Massai collier de Chien chokers from Galliano’s Dior debut and a pair of gold python sandals from Tom Ford, Rihanna went full fashion nerd.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 June 2021
On the way home, the collier made a stop (some say unplanned) in Barbados for coal.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
USS Langley, a converted collier that could carry up to 36 planes, was completed in 1922 in Norfolk, Virginia.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022
Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
—The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023
Dressed in a magenta silk slip dress from the house’s spring/summer 2003 ready-to-wear collection, one of the iconic Massai collier de Chien chokers from Galliano’s Dior debut and a pair of gold python sandals from Tom Ford, Rihanna went full fashion nerd.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 June 2021
On the way home, the collier made a stop (some say unplanned) in Barbados for coal.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
USS Langley, a converted collier that could carry up to 36 planes, was completed in 1922 in Norfolk, Virginia.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022
Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
—The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collier
Noun
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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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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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However, relief is at hand, as there are easier ways to de-wrinkle your clothes that don’t involve using an iron or a steamer.—
Maryal Miller Carter,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Don’t: Bring a portable steamer Instead: Pack wrinkle release spray $8 at Amazon Wrinkle release spray is my secret weapon for keeping vacation outfits looking smooth and fresh without a lot of work.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That was the day a freighter called the Summit Venture hit the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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The report said that air carriers including Air China, China Cargo Airline and China Southern Airlines are among those planning to cancel freighter services between China and the U.S.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
Noun
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One captain intentionally beached his boat while being pursued by a Coast Guard cutter, while another only stopped after a Coast Guard crew member fired copper slugs into the boat’s engine to disable it.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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During that period, 10 cutters were taken out of service and almost 30 Coast Guard stations were temporarily abandoned.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
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Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
4 May 2023
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All this means that the charming Bajoran lightship that Captain Sisko builds on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, depicted in the show as a medieval construction of metal and wood, is only feasible if the Bajoran sun were powerful enough to probably incinerate the entire space station in the first place.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
22 Oct. 2020
Noun
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Given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force including boarding the vessel was deemed unnecessary and the tanker was escorted out of the Estonian Economic Exclusion Zone.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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More than 50 activists including Greta Thunberg briefly held a demonstration inside the Copenhagen office of Maersk’s tankers division Tuesday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 May 2025
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“Collier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collier. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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