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Recent Examples of tanker
Price pressures have only increased since the war with Iran snarled tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a spike in the cost of crude oil and gasoline.
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 May 2026
The Pentagon deployed additional carrier strike groups and thousands of troops to reinforce air defenses and escort commercial shipping as Iran fired missiles near the strait and briefly disrupted tanker traffic.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Substantial relief at the pump will only begin to arrive if tanker traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz, alleviating a historic oil shortage, Krishnamoorti said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
On May 6, a Navy jet fired several rounds from its 20mm cannon to disable the rudder of a tanker.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 May 2026
The Pentagon deployed additional carrier strike groups and thousands of troops to reinforce air defenses and escort commercial shipping as Iran fired missiles near the strait and briefly disrupted tanker traffic.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Substantial relief at the pump will only begin to arrive if tanker traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz, alleviating a historic oil shortage, Krishnamoorti said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
On May 6, a Navy jet fired several rounds from its 20mm cannon to disable the rudder of a tanker.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
Noun
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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The 007’s collection bins sit at the center of the barge, just past the conveyor belt that deposits collected trash onto a moving conveyor that moves back and forth to deposit it into the bins.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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On Sunday, South Korea said a cargo ship had been struck by unidentified aircraft in Hormuz, while Qatar said a freighter arriving in the country's waters from Abu Dhabi was hit by a drone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The warship has seen its past missions extended.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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For the first time, officials confirmed that the large warship will use nuclear power and act as a heavily armed command ship for future naval operations.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Fittingly built in Japan, the 500,000-ton+ (when fully laden) supertanker Seawise Giant would set sail in 1979.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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In the absence of peace talks, Tensions are building over the Strait of Hormuz, with US forces boarding a supertanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean.—
Stacey Vanek Smith,
Bloomberg,
23 Apr. 2026
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For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line).—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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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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Albeit pricey, this packable dry steamer produces a finer vapor that is also highly antimicrobial.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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No further specifics were revealed during the steamer’s Upfronts presentation on Wednesday.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Four people were killed on May 14 when a medical transport airplane crashed in New Mexico and caused a fire, authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Scientists at the University of Washington discovered highways within the fault that transport migrating fluid, which facilitates further weakening and stress on the fault, according to a paper published earlier this year in Science.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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