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tanker

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as in barge

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Recent Examples of tanker Iran twice attacked vessels in the strait — including a tanker filled with Qatari crude — and drew retaliatory American airstrikes. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The tanker was laden with more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. — Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 Commercial shipping at center of tensions Britain's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said June 27 that a tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, sustaining damage to its bridge, though all crew members were reported safe. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 June 2026 Ship comes under attack as strait route expands The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said that a tanker was attacked Saturday in the strait, with the crew safe and no environmental damage reported. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tanker

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These include the Type 91 surface-to-air missile barge, Type 92 underwater sensing vessel, Type 93 autonomous submarine, and Type 94 surface sensing vessel, all of which form part of the UK’s broader Hybrid Navy concept.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.

— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026

Definition of barge

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Ballast water the likely vector Researchers believe the bloody red shrimp first arrived in the Great Lakes from ballast water released from freighter ships that also travel the oceans.

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026
Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 June 2026

Definition of freighter

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The warship, which marked its 51st year in service in early May, had departed from the Pacific Northwest on March 7, 2026, and was expected to arrive earlier this spring to be decommissioned in advance of its recycling.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
And a Navy warship, the USS Fort Lauderdale, is docked on the coast.

— Joshua Partlow, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026

Definition of warship

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Optimism about a deal earlier this week also came amid reports that multiple large ships carrying crude and natural gas successfully crossed the strait, including an Iraqi supertanker bound for China.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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

Definition of supertanker

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Those who chose to rest on the banks of the Potomac River could be seen by steamship passengers playing bridge and dancing in the river breeze.

— Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
With the advent of the steamship, the cost of passage plummeted, and companies offered special immigrant fares that were often coupled with rail tickets to the interior of the country.

— Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of steamship

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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
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

Definition of containership

Noun

Kayyalha said magnetic topological insulators offer a flexible platform for answering fundamental questions about quantum transport and topology.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
It's painted blue and white, and has a small deck area at the front that folds up for easy transport.

— Adam Williams July 10, New Atlas, 10 July 2026

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