motor ship

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor ship
Noun
  • Vance broke from President Donald Trump, who directed the U.S. to ramp up strikes against the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen which, backed by Iran, began escalating attacks on merchant ships along the major trade route following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • America has produced a small and steadily declining share of the world’s merchant ships over the past century, although World War II was a significant exception to that trend.
    Caleb Petitt, National Review, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Japan on Monday issued an update on China's operational aircraft carriers—the Liaoning and Shandong—deployed simultaneously to the Western Pacific.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • With 40,000 troops in the Middle East, the Pentagon has been bracing for a counterattack by sending an additional aircraft carrier strike group to the region and bolstering air defenses to protect troops in recent weeks following Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Until this factory is up and running, SpaceX plans to transport Starships and Super Heavy boosters horizontally via barges from South Texas to Cape Canaveral.
    Stephen Clark – Jun 9, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2025
  • Elliot said the crane will be removed by an even larger crane perched atop a barge.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Brown will regain his role as the team’s backup floor general and will thrive as a cutter, screener, and transition player in his minutes with Jokic and Murray.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Grossman said initially the maker space was by appointment only, but now there are open hours where people can make things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter, sublimation machines to put a design on materials, a sewing machine, embroidery equipment and more.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
  • Moulton spent five weeks traveling by steamship, train and stagecoach to Santa Ana, arriving on May 6, 1874.
    Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • It will also be focused around walkability and public transport.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
  • In 2022, after Russia’s invasion, France prepared to move several hundred troops to Romania, but its military planners needed the U.S. to provide transport.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • During the recent conflict, the Israeli Air Force demonstrated an impressive capability to reach targets deep inside Iran while relying on its aged Boeing 707 tankers for refueling its fighter jets.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • While some Iranian cargoes are shipped directly from Iran to China, the majority undergo multiple ship-to-ship transfers, often in the Middle East Gulf or the Strait of Malacca, where Iranian oil transported by sanctioned vessels is transferred to non-sanctioned tankers before shipping to China.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • Orioles minor leaguer Luis Guevara has died after the 19-year-old was involved in a personal watercraft crash in Sarasota, Florida, on Sunday.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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