motor ship

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Noun
  • Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X that a Italian merchant ship owned by the Grimaldi Group was among the first vessels to transit the strait after the agreement’s signing.
    Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • By the way, the dragon turned out to be a small Nile crocodile, which may have escaped from a merchant ship.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • China on Tuesday also sailed its newest and most powerful aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait, the body of water separating China from Taiwan, just hours after Taiwan began a five-day military exercise to practice its response to a possible Chinese attack.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • Saturday afternoon included a famed West Hollywood dive bar before the group on Sunday headed to Naval Base Coronado to mingle with service members on an aircraft carrier deck and see a NASCAR race.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • 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.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Miguel Vargas then hit a 1-1 cutter from Mitch Spence over the left-field wall for his 18th home run of the season to give the Sox a 3-0 lead.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • His last three cutter-drones raced past the frightened spawn siblings to the wall.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • 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).
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • On summer breaks from university, Gilmore also worked at the port, painting buildings, shoveling coal on a steamship and crewing on harbor boats.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Now, in Crimea, Kyiv is systematically targeting key transport links and supply routes connecting the peninsula to southern Russian forces, aiming to disrupt logistics and isolate military infrastructure there.
    Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • Poland and Ukraine are using the event to finalize a new bilateral, intergovernmental pact designed to cover transport, energy, and logistics.
    Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The tanker was laden with more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • 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.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Use a garment steamer for easier wrinkle-removal.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • For Feeling Put-together After a Flight Nothing pulls a travel outfit together faster than wrinkle-free clothes, and this compact steamer makes the process surprisingly painless.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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