steamship

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Recent Examples of steamship 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 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 So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira. Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol. Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
  • The dish is topped with a final wonton layer and a bit of chicken broth or water, then steamed in a steamer for about 25 minutes.
    Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The rooms are on the cozier side but thoughtfully designed, stylish, and comfortable, with details that make a difference, including a steamer that quickly became one of my favorite in-room amenities.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The use of a memoir as a framing device isn’t a particularly original idea, and the sight of Tommy continuing to tap away at the keyboard while riding on a canal barge is borderline laughable.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Workers using an excavator stationed on a barge filled more than 72 bins, each holding up to 20 cubic yards of waste, with debris from the water, much of which was doused in oil.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Such reboosts have historically been done by Russia's Progress freighter.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • It was converted to a bulk freighter in 1869.
    George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
    Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Sri Lanka said more than 200 sailors aboard another Iranian warship near its coast were being escorted to a naval base outside the capital, Colombo.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
  • An American submarine also sank an Iranian warship.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Saudi Arabia and the UAE could approach storage constraints within three to four weeks if tanker flows remain restricted, excluding Saudi Arabia’s underground storage capacity, which is not captured in current modelling.
    Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Already, eight supertankers have loaded from the area this month, putting shipments on course for a record, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.
    Christine Burke, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Take a pastry cutter or sharp knife and cut straight down the center, and stack one half on top of the other.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Beauty and Hygiene Supplies Metal tools such as eyelash curlers, tweezers, and nail cutters can be sanitized by submerging into hydrogen peroxide for 15-20 seconds, then wiping clean.
    Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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