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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
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What’s happening now Fuel is running short in Bamako as militants belonging to a group called Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam al-Muslimin (JNIM) cut roads to the capital, attack military patrols and ambush tanker trucks.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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No structural damage was done to the bridge after the fire involving a tanker carrying diesel, said the Ohio Department of Transportation.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Oct. 2025
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Lookouts on boats Days after the accident, civil maritime attorneys weighed in and explained that the crash could be the result of the barge not having a proper lookout.—
David Goodhue
October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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But efforts to drag the barge to the site via helicopter failed, with the icebreaker getting stuck in ice and mud.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The exact cause of the large freighter’s demise during the storm remains a mystery.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Theories range from the Edmund Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.—
Raul A. Reyes,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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The warship’s presence around the UK will also contribute to wider maritime security operations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Smith made history as the first Black Commanding Officer of a Canadian warship in 2014 and the first Black commanding officer of the unit in 2021.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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At 638-feet long, the ship delivered limestone and was considered the most updated and the largest steamer on the Great Lakes at the time, according to the Presque Isle County Historical Museum.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Watch this video for 3 ways to use a steamer to clean your home.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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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 20 Nov. 2025.
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