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Recent Examples of freighter
The risk of a catastrophic collision was nearly 50 times greater for the support column that the Dali freighter hit early in the morning after the cargo ship lost power and control, Homendy said on Thursday.
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Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The other is in December of 2004, the show’s current-day timeline where Desmond has landed on a freighter several miles offshore from the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The other is in December of 2004, the show’s current-day timeline where Desmond has landed on a freighter several miles offshore from the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighter
Noun
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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. 2025
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Told in first-person narrative with archival photos, the 225-page coffee-table book covers the family’s many setbacks and triumphs dating back to the early 1890s, when Jessop’s great-grandparents arrived in San Diego via steamship, rail and horsedrawn buggy.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The overnight strike on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and turned tanker trucks into burning wrecks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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Satellite images reveal additional deployments, including KC-135 refueling tankers.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl went through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings on Wednesday, with nine barges.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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Related article Recovery of DC jet wreckage begins as investigators review new information The wreckage was transferred, one piece at a time, from a barge to a flatbed truck parked only a couple of hundred feet from the airport’s main runway.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The announcement comes as tensions surge across the Middle East, with the U.S. deploying more warships and aircraft in response to Iranian threats, escalating its military campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, and as Israel intensifies its strikes in Gaza and Lebanon.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The gap between conventional warships and autonomous ones keeps getting blurred as the latter grow in size and capabilities.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Portable steamers and irons are bulky and require an outlet, time, and patience.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
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This professional garment steamer with foot pedal power control from Macy's is powerful and is ready to steam fast.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 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
Noun
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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This is the quartet’s 10th season aboard the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, Harney ordered all the traders in the area into the fort.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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His office also went after insider traders, including the recent prosecution of a couple of Gulliver Preparatory School graduates enmeshed in a MasTec acquisition deal.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighter. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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