freighter

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Recent Examples of freighter Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024 The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact. Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025 But the freighter may not be grounded forever. Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025 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. Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freighter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighter
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine's navy does not have any large warships, but has worked alongside the other branches of Kyiv's military and security agencies to threaten Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
    Yevgeny Kuklychev Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • China built 1,400 and three times as many naval warships.
    John Garamendi, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Typically shares will jump to or close to a buyout price if traders are confident a deal will go through as proposed.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 8 May 2025
  • But that hasn't stopped traders from betting big on who the next cardinal could be.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighter. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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