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as in barge
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Recent Examples of icebreaker
Russia is also compelling private foreign vessels in the NSR to use Russian ice pilots and icebreaker escorts.
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Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
Channel breakouts, where a vessel has to deviate from a path cut by an icebreaker, are also testable here.
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Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
It was converted into the world’s first Class 1 icebreaker superyacht in 2003, then refitted for luxury travel in 2016 and rechristened Legend.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
The activity itself does the icebreaker work.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for icebreaker
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
Channel breakouts, where a vessel has to deviate from a path cut by an icebreaker, are also testable here.
—
Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
It was converted into the world’s first Class 1 icebreaker superyacht in 2003, then refitted for luxury travel in 2016 and rechristened Legend.
—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
The activity itself does the icebreaker work.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for icebreaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for icebreaker
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Easier than tomato pie, this drop biscuit-style savory cobbler makes a comforting summer supper.
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The property is steps from the lush Boston Common, chef Jamie Bissonnette’s lauded home-style Korean restaurant Somaek, and Yvonne’s for supper-club-meets-speakeasy energy.
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The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.
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The barge will also feature Scottish artist and former professional footballer Craig Black, who will christen it upon arrival.
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Sacramento residents are one step closer to being able to enjoy a joint or a cup of cannabis tea in a space other than their buddy’s mom’s basement (legally, that is).
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Most Americans today are familiar with some of the famous examples, like Bostonians dumping tea in the harbor in response to the Tea Act of 1773.
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Lands’ statement gives no indication of how NPS officials concluded the liner was cut using a knife of some kind.
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The president said that his administration would have to drain the pool and start over again as the new liner shed chunks of itself.
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Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.
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Othership’s sauna events range from comedy nights and singles socials to tarot readings and a shabbat social schvitz.
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The tanker was laden with more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Commercial shipping at center of tensions Britain's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said June 27 that a tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, sustaining damage to its bridge, though all crew members were reported safe.
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Likewise, Nicholas Galanin and Margarita Cabrera withdrew from a symposium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum over the institution’s decision to keep the event private and record it—a move the artists characterized as government censorship, an accusation the museum denied.
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Prior to our conversation earlier this year, Ayala and Mose-Vargas had both attended a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of David Montejano’s Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, a foundational text on class and race in the Southwest.
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The original Dow index from 1884 had 11 stocks in it, and nine of them were railroads (the other two were a steamship company and Western Union).
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On summer breaks from university, Gilmore also worked at the port, painting buildings, shoveling coal on a steamship and crewing on harbor boats.
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“Icebreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icebreaker. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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