as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of ship
CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Call to reserve a gift basket or ship elsewhere.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Johnson and Bridges were shipped off to Brooklyn.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
France's navy seized over four tons of cocaine from a ship in the south Pacific and also intercepted a boat trafficking cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, the country's armed forces minister said on Thursday.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Call to reserve a gift basket or ship elsewhere.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
However, several news organizations have reported that many of the men shipped to the base had no criminal convictions.
—Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Johnson and Bridges were shipped off to Brooklyn.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
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The sailboat, carrying five girl campers and a 19-year-old female camp counselor, was among the first boats to leave the Miami Yacht Club’s dock near the MacArthur Causeway and head east toward Hibiscus Island in Biscayne Bay, according to the suit.—
Milena Malaver,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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All winners also received a gift certificate for one free boat rental and two Lake Poway fishing permits.—
Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The appeals court sent the case back to the lower court to amend the 2024 ruling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, Alekseyev was sent by the Russian military to negotiate with Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private mercenary group, during the Wagner group’s mutiny.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Continue reading … LETHAL INTERCEPT — Deadly US military strike on drug-trafficking vessel leaves 2 dead, 1 survivor.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Tentative plans call for acquiring 51 vessels in the initial phase and scaling the wider fleet to more than 400 ships.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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For Valentine’s Day 2026, Avianca transported more than 19,000 tons of flowers from Colombia and Ecuador, a 6% uptick from last year.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries, police said, and a third victim died while being transported to the hospital.—
Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The dashboard looks like a sci-fi warship.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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China’s 40,000-ton Sichuan warship with an advanced stealth drone could be entering the large drone testing phase of its sea trials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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