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A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
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The United Kingdom and India conducted their first-ever dual aircraft carrier operation during a bilateral military exercise in the Indian Ocean this week, as both nations have been alarmed by China's increasingly assertive behavior across the Indo-Pacific region.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The president visits aircraft carrier to celebrate the Navy's 250th anniversary.—
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2025
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And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Priester left a cutter over the heart of the plate and Crow-Armstrong pulled it on a line to right.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Behind your curious browsing is one bobbed and bleary-eyed writer searching for the best October Prime Day deals with a ferocity known only to coupon-cutters.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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This is my mother’s story that cannot be deleted, this is her legit experiences on steamship of American democracy.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Being a character onscreen transports you forever into another, more enchanted realm.—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mürren Getting to the tiny, car-free village of Mürren is part of the adventure, and requires using public transport, bicycling, or walking.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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According to Russia's Pacific Fleet, the Marshal Shaposhnikov and the Gremyashchy are currently on a long-distance deployment in the Asia-Pacific region with the sea tanker Boris Butoma.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The mission architecture included OOR, consisting of multiple tanker vehicles launched to service a refueling depot in LEO.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can float downstream in engineless watercraft or hike through the six ecosystems that converge on the river.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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Autonomous boats, ships, submarines, and miscellaneous watercraft for naval service have been popping with a certain regularity in recent years, with many of them retrofitted into commercial hulls or built along the lines of conventional warships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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