oil tanker

noun

: a large ship that carries oil

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Meanwhile, Russia also sparked alarm when it was reported to have deployed a Su-35 fighter jet inside Estonian airspace to protect an oil tanker on May 13. Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 Ludvig Nobel designed the first ever steel oil tanker to transport Baku’s crude. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 The collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship off the coast of England has caused a serious jet fuel leak. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025 This past Christmas, an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia was partially severed, and Finnish investigators said the damage likely resulted from an oil tanker dragging its anchor. IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil tanker

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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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