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Recent Examples of warship
South Korea's military didn't immediately comment on the North Korean claims about its new warship.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
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National
Massive WWII mural found intact on wall of US warship sunk in 1942, NOAA says
April 22, 2025 2:10 PM
This story was originally published April 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
The Houthis also launched attacks targeting U.S. warships without success.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
For the two European warships, the Spey is one of two Royal Navy vessels deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
See photos April 21, 2025 7:45 AM Read Next
National
Massive WWII mural found intact on wall of US warship sunk in 1942, NOAA says
April 22, 2025 2:10 PM
This story was originally published April 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
The Houthis also launched attacks targeting U.S. warships without success.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
For the two European warships, the Spey is one of two Royal Navy vessels deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warship
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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The first airline expected to receive a 777-9 in 2026, once the type is certified, will be Lufthansa, which has placed an order for 20 777-9s and seven 777-8 freighters.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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That predecessor was wrecked May 9, 1980, when a freighter, lost in the vicious storm, broadsided the southbound span of the twin bridge and knocked down a 1,260-foot section of roadway.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force including boarding the vessel was deemed unnecessary and the tanker was escorted out of the Estonian Economic Exclusion Zone.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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More than 50 activists including Greta Thunberg briefly held a demonstration inside the Copenhagen office of Maersk’s tankers division Tuesday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 May 2025
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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The ship's 147-foot masts, which were shining bright with decorative lights, couldn't clear the arched bridge and were sheared off upon impact.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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A number of commercials ships have rescued people in distress on smaller vessels in the last several years.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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What To Know In early February, the Russian navy dispatched two corvettes, the Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, as well as the fleet oiler Pechenga, from their Far Eastern naval base in the city of Vladivostok for a deployment in the Asia-Pacific region.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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The 388-foot-long corvette has a range of 4,500 nautical miles [5,178 miles] with a speed of up to 25 knots [28 miles per hour].—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Warship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warship. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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