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Recent Examples of submarines
The drones are designed to perform autonomously or via remote control while doing such things as stalking submarines, spotting mines and serving as advance scouts for aircraft carriers.
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Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
At this point, there appears to be nothing impeding shipbuilding orders reaching Groton and work on the Virginia and Columbia submarines is expected to continue for decades.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Iran also has small submarines that can lay mines and are much harder to detect, Salisbury added.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Most of these sensors rely on mechanical systems that detect vibrations and movements, which limits their use on platforms that move, such as submarines and planes.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Ukraine has been developing an underwater version to go after submarines.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, other ships — such as the Columbia-class submarines and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers — were described by class name.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Increasingly, Norwegian Joint Headquarters in Reitan, a 30-minute drive from the Arctic town of Bodø, is also spearheading NATO’s intensifying efforts to track the submarines of Russia’s Northern Fleet.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
At this point, there appears to be nothing impeding shipbuilding orders reaching Groton and work on the Virginia and Columbia submarines is expected to continue for decades.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Iran also has small submarines that can lay mines and are much harder to detect, Salisbury added.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Most of these sensors rely on mechanical systems that detect vibrations and movements, which limits their use on platforms that move, such as submarines and planes.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Ukraine has been developing an underwater version to go after submarines.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, other ships — such as the Columbia-class submarines and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers — were described by class name.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Increasingly, Norwegian Joint Headquarters in Reitan, a 30-minute drive from the Arctic town of Bodø, is also spearheading NATO’s intensifying efforts to track the submarines of Russia’s Northern Fleet.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submarines
Noun
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It can also be integrated with expendable countermeasures that create acoustic decoys to confuse incoming torpedoes.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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The ship carries a range of other weaponry, including torpedoes, Tomahawk missiles for land attacks, Standard interceptors for ballistic missile defense and Sea Sparrow missiles for short-range missile and aircraft defense.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the end of 2025, Peacock had 44 million subs.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Say goodbye to soggy subs thanks to the Sub Sandwich Container, which protects your sandwich on the go.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The villain — who flew around inside a giant disco ball for no apparent reason — absorbed the Guardians’ powers and used them against the magical girl heroes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Kerouac is now seen as a quintessentially American writer, mining the American truths of his time and place as his heroes Whitman, Mark Twain, and Thomas Wolfe had done.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Submarines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarines. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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