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Recent Examples of supertanker
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is also hiring more supertankers to handle higher volumes.
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Actually, that doesn't take much imagination because collisions involving everything from rowboats to supertankers are all too common.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The supertanker—which was sailing under the flag of Guyana to avoid suspicion— loaded 1.1 million barrels of Merey crude oil at Venezuela’s Jose port on November 14, Kpler said.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Actually, that doesn't take much imagination because collisions involving everything from rowboats to supertankers are all too common.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The supertanker—which was sailing under the flag of Guyana to avoid suspicion— loaded 1.1 million barrels of Merey crude oil at Venezuela’s Jose port on November 14, Kpler said.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
Noun
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Roughly one-fifth of global oil supply passes through it, but attacks on ships have stopped nearly all tanker traffic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Roughly one-fifth of global oil supply passes through it, but attacks on ships and threats of further strikes have stopped nearly all tanker traffic.—
Alon Bernstein,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The barge was moored about 25 miles northwest of Ketchikan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those increases can quickly ripple through food prices, the mayors said, because much of the nation's food supply moves by truck, rail or barge along the Mississippi River system.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tom Townsend, a former Putnam County school superintendent, said his family operated steamship tours showcasing the Ocklawaha before construction of the dam.—
David Bauerlein,
Florida Times-Union,
9 Feb. 2026
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The vessel, called France Libre, is expected to enter service in 2038, becoming Europe’s largest warship at roughly 78,000 tons and about 1,017 feet long.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Macron unveiled the warship's name during a visit to the shipyard in the Western town of Indret, where its two nuclear reactors are to be built.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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In sync with American tastes, there’s an apartment-sized amount of space and an armory of amenities, including an industrial-speed hairdryer and a clothes steamer for any emergency de-crinkling.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Place vegetables in a steamer basket set over boiling water.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
16 Mar. 2026
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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
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Supertanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertanker. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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