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
Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Iran has effectively choked off ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway used to transport about a fifth of the world's oil supply.
—Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Battery storage facilities typically consist of a collection of shipping container-sized enclosures that, until recently, attracted relatively little notice.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Artemis 2 crew recovered from Orion, medical checks At 9:07 p.m. EDT (0107 April 11 GMT), recovery divers and crews from the Navy ship USS John P. Murtha will retrieve the Artemis 2 crew.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Iran has effectively choked off ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway used to transport about a fifth of the world's oil supply.
—Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
The move unfolded a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards attacked three cargo ships in the strait, capturing two of them, in an assault that raised new concerns about the safety of shipping through the waterway.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Battery storage facilities typically consist of a collection of shipping container-sized enclosures that, until recently, attracted relatively little notice.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes a person opens the top of their skull to reach inside; in her painting Threading the Story Through the Eye of a Needle (circa 1974), a hand pulls a line of thread through a pupil, towing two tiny people in a boat, suggesting both sight and an idea made manifest.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Where traditional sonars read down, underneath the boat, FFS reads sideways.—
Mike McFeely,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Since the Iran war began, Gulf nations have been clamoring for Ukrainian assistance, and Kyiv has sent more than 200 experts to the region.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But that letter, and the date it was sent, raised questions about recent court filings by the city attorney’s office in a case filed by the First Amendment Coalition seeking the release of all video footage and other records related to the police use of force against Evans.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Indian ship was one of two vessels bearing that country’s flag that came under fire by the IRGC Navy on Saturday.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026
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After a brief pickup in transit attempts on Saturday, shipping traffic in the Gulf stalled once again, with vessels coming under fire mid-passage and being forced to withdraw.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The bicyclist was transported to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, according to police.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2026
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From there, the astronauts were hoisted into helicopters and transported to the Murtha for further evaluation, completing one of the most complex and carefully choreographed phases of the mission.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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That warship, an expeditionary sea base, is about the size of an aircraft carrier and can support helicopters and special forces.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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This will be Japan's first ever warship export project, with the first vessel scheduled to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy in 2029.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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