motor ship

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Noun
  • One became a merchant ship navigator in 1918.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of its full deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the carrier strike group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a merchant ship in February and lost two F-18s, one in April and another in May.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The rhetoric from Washington and Tehran — and US military deployments, including the recent arrival of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East — appears to signal confrontation, and many airlines have canceled flights to the Gulf over the past week.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The trials mark the first time the aircraft carrier has operated in open waters, moving beyond construction and dockside testing at the shipyard.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Due to these conditions, the region is highly reliant on expensive and polluting diesel fuel transported by truck, plane, or barge.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The 46-foot (14-meter) fairing made its way via barge and truck to Rocket Lab's facilities at MARS, after departing from the company's California test facility in December.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Sleet cutters will also be put in to make sure the power connection to overhead lines is not lost.
    Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The agency is planning to deploy ice scrapers or cutters along the light rail wires to prevent overhead catenaries, the network of wires that provide electric power to trains, from icing and losing power.
    Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.
    Raul A. Reyes, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While flat structures work well in many systems, one-dimensional forms offer advantages in applications that require fast transport or mechanical reinforcement.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Alongside metabolism, the team also measured reproductive hormones and blood parameters linked to oxygen transport.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.
    Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Set up a steamer over medium heat and bring water to a low boil.
    Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Fill the steamer’s reservoir with water and turn it on.
    Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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