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
Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Baltimore fired Brandon Hyde in May, parting ways with a manager who had overseen a top-to-bottom rebuild but one who couldn’t right the ship dating to midway through the 2024 season.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
Janis Carr, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
Park was accused of shipping about180 pounds of ammonium nitrate in January and later paying for an additional 90 pounds of the chemical to be shipped to Bartkus in the days leading up to the Palm Springs attack.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Noun
Reusable Water Bottle Never leave the ship without a refillable water bottle.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Baltimore fired Brandon Hyde in May, parting ways with a manager who had overseen a top-to-bottom rebuild but one who couldn’t right the ship dating to midway through the 2024 season.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
Verb
The Clippers, who were among the teams linked to potentially trading for Kevin Durant before he was shipped to the Houston Rockets on Sunday, still could engage in an unexpected draft day trade, one that could involve Bogdan Bogdanovic.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
Park was accused of shipping about180 pounds of ammonium nitrate in January and later paying for an additional 90 pounds of the chemical to be shipped to Bartkus in the days leading up to the Palm Springs attack.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
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Meeting The Largest Dinosaur Over the next few days, the trip goes to the Peninsula Valdez for more whale viewing from the boat, observation of a colony of penguins and the beginning of the search for dinosaur fossils.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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One four-person crew in a 24-foot open-bow MasterCraft grabbed their life jackets, wisely abandoned the boat and swam to shore.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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The friend sent money to Kouri Richins as down payments on a mortgage, but Kouri Richins used the money to pay other debts.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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He’s expected to appear at the Ada County Courthouse on Wednesday at 11 a.m. for a change of plea hearing, according to the letter sent to the families.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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Three helicopters and a thermal drone had been involved in the search by air over the Bali Strait, while about 20 vessels and fishing boats were mobilized for the sea search, Suyatno said.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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The entire vessel then caught fire and was burning for some time.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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An unidentified 16-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene and five other victims were transported to the hospital, police said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 July 2025
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The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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The American warship is the only U.S. aircraft carrier currently positioned to help counter China.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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In the 1980s, U.S. warships escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers through the strait to protect them against Iranian attacks during the Iran-Iraq war.—
David McHugh,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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May 9 marks the anniversary of when part of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed into Tampa Bay after it was struck by a freighter during a storm.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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After learning of the loss of the iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the deaths of all 29 crew members from Newsweek, Gord lifted passages from the article and put them to a dreamy dirge: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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