supertanker

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Recent Examples of supertanker The navigable shipping lanes for massive supertankers are only about two miles wide in each direction, requiring vessels to pass through both Iranian and Omani territorial waters. John Liu, CNN Money, 23 June 2025 At least two massive supertankers that had entered the strait were reported to have made U-turns. Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 June 2025 The American supertanker doesn’t turn on a dime, and the results of this year’s 3D chess will begin to resolve this summer and autumn. Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Moving the economy and the housing market higher are two other supertankers that will take time. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for supertanker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
Noun
  • The voyage comes eight years after a natural gas tanker transited the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker, and signals growing strategic implications as ice coverage continues to shrink.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • However, a direct trip to Mars would require vast amounts of fuel, so SpaceX plans to use in-orbit refueling, where multiple tanker Starships transfer propellant to a main vehicle before departure.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, in March photos emerged of a series of new barge-like PLA ships dubbed Shuiqiao that can link together to form a loading dock from over a half-mile out to sea—drastically boosting Beijing’s land invasion potency.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Next summer, the plan is for a barge to bring over the drilling rig to start the first well.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.
    Peter Guo, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • With a displacement of more than 100,000 tons and a length of 1,100 feet (334 meters), the Ford is the largest warship the US has ever put to sea.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While en route to England, Nardal’s ship was attacked by a German warship.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024
  • With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa.
    Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Forget the steamer in the bridal suite.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This 17-piece set includes eight pots and pans in varying sizes, along with their matching lids, as well as a steamer insert.
    Dena Ogden, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Supertanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertanker. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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