steamship

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Recent Examples of steamship 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 The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa. Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid. Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
  • Set up a steamer over medium heat and bring water to a low boil.
    Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Fill the steamer’s reservoir with water and turn it on.
    Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Due to these conditions, the region is highly reliant on expensive and polluting diesel fuel transported by truck, plane, or barge.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The 46-foot (14-meter) fairing made its way via barge and truck to Rocket Lab's facilities at MARS, after departing from the company's California test facility in December.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.
    Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
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
  • In Tehran, a large mural was unveiled in Revolution Square on Sunday depicting a swarm of jet fighters flying over a warship bearing the US flag.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The warship underwent a deep cleaning and was subsequently returned to service.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.
    Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 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
  • The Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay was also diverted to assist the search.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The mission covered about 1,000 square miles using multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats over a 24-hour period.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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