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The flare-up occurred while the destroyer was patrolling the Middle East, a common destination for warships homeported in San Diego.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Then there’s the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer program, which was started in 1998 with plans for 32 ships.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Such a vessel would essentially function like a large destroyer, regardless of whether it is called a battleship.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
Since then, North Korea has conducted frequent tests and recently unveiled a new naval destroyer that Kim said would expand the reach and preemptive strike options of the country’s nuclear forces.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Then there’s the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer program, which was started in 1998 with plans for 32 ships.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Such a vessel would essentially function like a large destroyer, regardless of whether it is called a battleship.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
Since then, North Korea has conducted frequent tests and recently unveiled a new naval destroyer that Kim said would expand the reach and preemptive strike options of the country’s nuclear forces.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destroyer
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McDonald was a game-wrecker for one of the most dominant defenses in the country, earning consensus All-American honors.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Senior Javon Jones is a game-wrecker on the Eaglecrest defensive front.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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In Tehran, a large mural was unveiled in Revolution Square on Sunday depicting a swarm of jet fighters flying over a warship bearing the US flag.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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The warship underwent a deep cleaning and was subsequently returned to service.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Inviting in such resolute saboteurs, these institutions repel many in their core audience.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Eleven finds her way to them, jumping inside the Mind Flayer to destroy Vecna, who’s controlling it from within, while Will fights telepathically from the outside, no longer empathetic or afraid to go toe to toe with his former saboteur.—
Yohana Desta,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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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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Start by wiping away any food or debris with a sponge or cloth.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
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Add them underneath your hand soap, dish soap, scrub brushes, sponges, and more to prevent spills around the sink from soaking your counters.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
Brett Simpson,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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The team selected specific animal spirits – deer, buffalo, leeches, fleas, ants, and softshell turtles – which Setyanto translated into movement.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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The leech therapist, whose name was Sandra, made a tsk-tsk sound over the phone.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Destroyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destroyer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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