aircraft carrier

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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier Franchetti commanded destroyers and aircraft carriers before taking over the entire Sixth Fleet. Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025 Some of the interactive areas to expect include a construction corner, a cyber security zone, a virtual reality aircraft carrier and an algae area. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 The photos released Saturday by the Navy's Sixth Fleet show a tear on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier, near its stern. Greg Norman, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025 China has the largest navy in the world by hull count with over 370 vessels, including two aircraft carriers in service. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
Noun
  • And Spencer is still halfway around the world, shoveling coal on a merchant ship.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
  • That was the first successful hijacking of a merchant ship since 2017.
    Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Chambers says oral history, passed on by Koh Samui locals, states the tanker was torpedoed by a submarine.
    Ronan O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
  • All tanker vessels will need to comply to reduce emissions in California ports by the beginning of 2027.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Over the next 52 hours, a search for Marron used helicopters, boats, personal watercraft and surfboards to cover a nearly 460-square-mile area.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • His portfolio includes a 215-horsepower watercraft and the Snoped, an upright single-track snow bike with stark, boxy bodywork.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • One thing past cost cutters have practiced, humane treatment and protection of the American public seems to have been forgotten today.
    Peter Buonome, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Chamberlain’s daring hairstyle, which also featured choppy baby bangs, required a team of hair pros including stylist Sami Knight, cutter Frank (who goes by @fabulousfrank on Instagram) and colorist Anthony Vincent Ronquillo.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The trader had meant to sell just $58 million worth of stocks, but accidentally issued an order to sell $444 billion, the majority of which was blocked before being sold.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Volatility gripped markets as traders closed out a dismal February that wiped out some gains.
    John Towfighi, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.
    Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019

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