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Recent Examples of submarines
Cartagena, Spain — A Russian cargo ship likely carrying two nuclear reactors for submarines, possibly destined for North Korea, suffered a series of explosions and sank in unexplained circumstances, about 60 miles off the coast of Spain, a CNN investigation has found.
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Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
The plan also describes major changes to the fleet, such as adding many autonomous ships, buying new submarines, and retiring older aircraft carriers and submarines.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government plans to buy as many as 12 submarines worth tens of billions of Canadian dollars, but is pushing the bidding groups to include other industrial benefits in their pitches.
—Brian Platt, Bloomberg, 29 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
The plan also describes major changes to the fleet, such as adding many autonomous ships, buying new submarines, and retiring older aircraft carriers and submarines.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government plans to buy as many as 12 submarines worth tens of billions of Canadian dollars, but is pushing the bidding groups to include other industrial benefits in their pitches.
—Brian Platt, Bloomberg, 29 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submarines
Noun
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The gunner responsible for launching torpedoes had only seconds to choose the exact moment at which to fire.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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Last year, nine ships sunk by German torpedoes during World War I were found off the coast of Morocco.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The social impact is good news for Sky, which does not put all sketches from the show online – as a pay TV operator, a key consideration is getting people to sign up to its service, so some of the SNL content remains for Sky and Now TV subs only.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
2 May 2026
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By the way, how about the prices of subs these days.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Countless cultures have imprinted their own cultural beliefs in the constellations, seeing mighty heroes, fantastic beasts and eclectic objects in the stars.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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Superheroes aren't superhuman Gorsuch wants young people to know that heroes aren't superhuman.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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“Submarines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarines. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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