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Recent Examples of tall ship
The crew People from around the country work on and with tall ships and get there in all kinds of ways, Moore said.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The 295-foot training vessel — widely referred to as America’s tall ship — is scheduled to tie up at the B Street Pier, 1140 North Harbor Drive, San Diego.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Beyond the tall ships, SAIL250 activities will feature local festivals, aviation demonstrations, educational activities and an air show.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
The other tall ships are used as ambassadors by Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The 295-foot training vessel — widely referred to as America’s tall ship — is scheduled to tie up at the B Street Pier, 1140 North Harbor Drive, San Diego.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Beyond the tall ships, SAIL250 activities will feature local festivals, aviation demonstrations, educational activities and an air show.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
The other tall ships are used as ambassadors by Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall ship
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A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Chopping them down, injecting their bark with herbicide and spraying their stumps can prevent further growth and limit spread.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025
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His rapturous barks bounce from wall to wall around the granite basin.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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Amidst these displays is also, inexplicably, a poster of her and John on a yacht and at a Utah Jazz game (which Bronwyn points out isn’t courtside).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ximena is Alia’s first new yacht of 2025, but more fleet members are on the horizon.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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Researchers discovered a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan 140 years ago, ending decades of searches for the elusive ghost ship.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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On June 28, the team discovered the ship, a 144-foot-long schooner – a type of sailing vessel with two or more masts – that sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1886.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Grand Residences Riviera Cancun Puerto Morelos, Mexico With swimming pools, a sandy beach, and kayaks and sailboats, active families can have fun in or on the water at Grand Residences Riviera Cancun.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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In addition to serving time, he was also ordered to pay a criminal forfeiture of $5 million, which included $100,000 in gold and silver coins, a Porsche Panamera, two Range Rovers, luxury watches, homes in Costa Rica, Peru and Cabo San Lucas and a sailboat.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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M’Benga makes the difficult decision to send Gamble, or whatever, to the brig.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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The presence of the Ohio—designed to launch up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles—follows China's deployment of its most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, in the South China Sea for testing and training.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The only other aircraft carrier in the world that has the EMALS system is the US Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which was certified for flight deck operations using the EMALS system in the spring of 2022.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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