variants
also poor boys
as in submarines
a large sandwich on a long split roll
ordered a fried catfish po'boy
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These passive sensors feed data via fiber-optic links to onshore command centers, allowing the Russian Navy to track allied submarines attempting to shadow its strategic assets.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025 -
The agency is responsible for overseeing thousands of warheads that are not currently deployed on missiles, bombers and submarines.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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That ship was sunk by six torpedoes and two bombs, according to the National Park Service.—
Genevieve Shaw Brown,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Newport News is additionally equipped with advanced sonar to support surveillance as well as Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Mark 48 torpedoes for potential interdiction of surface ships.—
Amir Daftari
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Minott was one of Boston’s top preseason performers and one of Mazzulla’s first subs against Philadelphia.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The company will discontinue reporting subs and ARPU for Disney+ and Hulu with the first quarter of its fiscal 2026 (the last three months of calendar year 2025), and will no longer report the metrics for ESPN+ as of the September 2025 quarter.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Po'boys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/po%27boys. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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