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Recent Examples of tanker
The fire started when a gasoline tanker truck making a delivery in the alley behind the plant started leaking.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Joel Zlotnik, a spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority, which runs those Express Lanes, said the CHP, a fire department or Caltrans notifies his agency when an official diversion onto the Express Lanes occurs — think major collision or a tanker spilling its cargo.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Eventually a team from TPWD arrived with a tanker truck to carry the fish back to the Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where all the Legacy Lunkers (largemouth bass weighing 14 pounds or more) are brought to carry on the state’s selective breeding program.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Joel Zlotnik, a spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority, which runs those Express Lanes, said the CHP, a fire department or Caltrans notifies his agency when an official diversion onto the Express Lanes occurs — think major collision or a tanker spilling its cargo.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Eventually a team from TPWD arrived with a tanker truck to carry the fish back to the Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where all the Legacy Lunkers (largemouth bass weighing 14 pounds or more) are brought to carry on the state’s selective breeding program.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
Noun
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It's then sent by barge to West Elizabeth.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The parents of the three Miami Yacht Club summer campers who were killed last summer when a 60-foot barge slammed into their sailboat sued the company that owns the barge, alleging negligence and irresponsible hiring.—
Milena Malaver,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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It was converted to a bulk freighter in 1869.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The United Kingdom is deploying its largest warship to the Arctic in order to deter Russian aggression in the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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The dashboard looks like a sci-fi warship.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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Senator Questions Trump Admin’s Vessel Seizure The vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia has compared the seizure of the supertanker with the Trump administration’s attacks on boats in the Caribbean allegedly linked to the drug trade.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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The make-shift steamer move is brilliant.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Feb. 2026
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Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The device also has three separate layers – one each for evaporation, ion transport, and electrical charge collection.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Two Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which are specialized jets with advanced communications and defense systems, will serve as the next generation of presidential air transport.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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