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Recent Examples of flagship
Celebrating 50 years since the opening of its flagship location, Minsky’s South Plaza has been newly remodeled, with everything from furniture to functionality in mind.
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Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang has emerged as one of the most influential investors in global women’s soccer, helping position the club as one of the league’s flagship franchises through significant investment in infrastructure, staffing and player development.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The airline sees such routes as a way to capture more premium-fare traffic while insulating its flagship services from foreign regulatory changes, airport curfews, landing-slot constraints, and regional geopolitical instability.
—David Szondy
june 02, New Atlas, 2 June 2026
Cognition's flagship product, Devin, is an AI agent designed to automate the programming process.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 June 2026
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Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang has emerged as one of the most influential investors in global women’s soccer, helping position the club as one of the league’s flagship franchises through significant investment in infrastructure, staffing and player development.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The airline sees such routes as a way to capture more premium-fare traffic while insulating its flagship services from foreign regulatory changes, airport curfews, landing-slot constraints, and regional geopolitical instability.
—David Szondy
june 02, New Atlas, 2 June 2026
Cognition's flagship product, Devin, is an AI agent designed to automate the programming process.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagship
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Strategists who’ve studied the issue for the Navy say there’s a case for a warship somewhat larger than current Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which displace less than 10,000 tons and carry a little under 100 vertical launch cells for missiles and interceptors.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload — AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite — to a safe orbit.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The lane with the strongest demand growth, Europe-Asia, also generated the largest incremental freighter contribution, adding more than 409 million CTKs as industrial trade flows between both regions remained resilient.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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However, Boeing has sold only 49 jets to China since 2018, mostly freighter aircraft.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jamie Magarian was injured when a truck struck his cruiser.—
Louisa Moller,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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At dusk, one of Ihor’s fellow police officers pulled onto the square in a cruiser.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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The alleged incident occurred in March 2010, when the South Korean Navy Pohang-class corvette ROKS Cheonan exploded near the sea border with North Korea.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Grammy award-winning band was followed by a dozen corvettes carrying honorees and the university's new president, Dwayne Tucker.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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The crude oil tanker Idemitsu Maru sails through Ise Bay near Chita City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, May 25, 2026, after becoming the first crude tanker bound for Japan to transit the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The tanker went off the right shoulder of the highway and rolled onto its side, state patrol officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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The ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has created uncertainty for hundreds of ships and around 20,000 seafarers waiting for news of an agreement to reopen the crucial shipping corridor.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), along with the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, departed from Naval Station Norfolk on August 14, 2025.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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