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Recent Examples of warship
Sri Lanka said another Iranian warship was anchored near its coast on Thursday and that more than 200 sailors were being escorted to a naval base on the outskirts of the capital, Colombo.
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Jon Gambrell, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Sri Lanka said more than 200 sailors aboard another Iranian warship near its coast were being escorted to a naval base outside the capital, Colombo.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Now in its sixth day, the latest Middle East conflict continues to widen – with the US sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka and Iran being accused of attacking Azerbaijan in the first strikes on the country since the beginning of the conflict, a claim Iran denies.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Starmer has ordered for the HMS Dragon warship to be deployed in the region to assist in the defense of British bases and partners.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Sri Lanka said more than 200 sailors aboard another Iranian warship near its coast were being escorted to a naval base outside the capital, Colombo.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Now in its sixth day, the latest Middle East conflict continues to widen – with the US sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka and Iran being accused of attacking Azerbaijan in the first strikes on the country since the beginning of the conflict, a claim Iran denies.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Starmer has ordered for the HMS Dragon warship to be deployed in the region to assist in the defense of British bases and partners.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warship
Noun
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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 use of a memoir as a framing device isn’t a particularly original idea, and the sight of Tommy continuing to tap away at the keyboard while riding on a canal barge is borderline laughable.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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Workers using an excavator stationed on a barge filled more than 72 bins, each holding up to 20 cubic yards of waste, with debris from the water, much of which was doused in oil.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Such reboosts have historically been done by Russia's Progress freighter.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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It was converted to a bulk freighter in 1869.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE could approach storage constraints within three to four weeks if tanker flows remain restricted, excluding Saudi Arabia’s underground storage capacity, which is not captured in current modelling.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Already, eight supertankers have loaded from the area this month, putting shipments on course for a record, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.—
Christine Burke,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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There are also significant doubts there are enough Navy ships to escort commercial vessels, given that 60 or more tankers typically traverse the strait each day.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Since the war began Saturday, ships have been attacked in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world's oil is shipped.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 Grammy award-winning band was followed by a dozen corvettes carrying honorees and the university's new president, Dwayne Tucker.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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Hull numbers provided by Japan's Defense Ministry identified the Russian vessels as the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvette Gremyashchy and a replenishment ship.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some observers Thursday were pointing to parallels between the sinking of the Dena and Britain’s destruction of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Scott Quigley drove drunk during a 2023 cruiser crash that injured a disabled man who died in the hospital a month later.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Warship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warship. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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