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Recent Examples of submarines
The military has spent three decades building its own fleet of ships and submarines with production ramped up over the past years in anticipation of possible naval showdown.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The Navy’s fleet of 16 E-6B aircraft was working under the TACOMO (take charge and move out) plan, which, although similar to Looking Glass, was focused on relaying orders to the country’s nuclear submarines.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Anduril is developing new defense technologies that include drones, missiles, robotic submarines, and autonomous fighter jets.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
There are Russian submarines all over the place.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
The outcome of that conflict was in large part due to the ability of NATO to track Soviet submarines and to keep their missile boats penned up in the Arctic Ocean.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
Militarily, Humpert is quick to point out that China and Russia have more ships and submarines traveling near Alaska’s coast than Greenland’s ice.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
The base is the largest Navy installation in the Pacific and routinely dispatches surface ships and submarines to the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The Navy’s fleet of 16 E-6B aircraft was working under the TACOMO (take charge and move out) plan, which, although similar to Looking Glass, was focused on relaying orders to the country’s nuclear submarines.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Anduril is developing new defense technologies that include drones, missiles, robotic submarines, and autonomous fighter jets.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
There are Russian submarines all over the place.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
The outcome of that conflict was in large part due to the ability of NATO to track Soviet submarines and to keep their missile boats penned up in the Arctic Ocean.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
Militarily, Humpert is quick to point out that China and Russia have more ships and submarines traveling near Alaska’s coast than Greenland’s ice.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
The base is the largest Navy installation in the Pacific and routinely dispatches surface ships and submarines to the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submarines
Noun
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Two big fish shot by like titanium torpedoes.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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China’s new underwater drone toys The drones are likely intended to be armed with conventional submarine armaments like mines and torpedoes, but could also act as motherships for other drones, too.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Inside my briefcase was a fat folder that contained all my material takeoffs, the bids from subs, and a dot-matrix printout of a basic spreadsheet showing all of the costs, along with the total cost.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Feb. 2026
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There is a limit of one deal per order and certain subs don’t qualify for the discount—like the Festive subs, 5 Meat Italian and Big Hot Pastrami.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indie Sparks writes strong heroines whose knees go weak for cinnamon roll heroes with dirty mouths and the skills to walk the talk.—
Meg Miller,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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That's when Stockton was officially recognized as the hometown and birthplace of these four hometown heroes.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Submarines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarines. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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