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Recent Examples of navy
The Luzon Strait and the Miyako Strait, located on the First Island Chain, are key waterways for the Chinese navy to access the Philippine Sea.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The problems have alarmed Congress, which notes that the Navy fleet also has generally been shrinking while China’s navy rapidly expands.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Beyond paint, blue furniture, blue bedroom rugs, blue wallpaper, and more can infuse the space with a pop of cerulean, navy, or turquoise beauty.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
The chef, dressed in a dapper navy blazer and a tweed newsboy hat, said Italy’s influence on Ethiopia extends to culture, style, cars and more.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The problems have alarmed Congress, which notes that the Navy fleet also has generally been shrinking while China’s navy rapidly expands.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Beyond paint, blue furniture, blue bedroom rugs, blue wallpaper, and more can infuse the space with a pop of cerulean, navy, or turquoise beauty.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
The chef, dressed in a dapper navy blazer and a tweed newsboy hat, said Italy’s influence on Ethiopia extends to culture, style, cars and more.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
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The Pentagon extended the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group and ordered a second flotilla to the Middle East, Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed Tuesday.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The profile of the activist — Ramón Saúl Sánchez, known for leading protest flotillas to Cuba — was scrapped.—
Frances Robles,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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For example, the downing of Mali’s Akinci immediately constituted the loss of 50 percent of Bamako’s tiny fleet.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Israel Defense Forces claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, a U.N. convoy tried to reach the site but encountered Israeli troops opening fire on people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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Yet the size of the Kremlin’s ICBM armada is many times larger, say the worldwide nuclear weapons monitors at the Federation of American Scientists.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The armada includes a basket on wheels that can collect rebounds and pass balls to players, other robots that can stand in as defenders and a collection of Spot robots from Boston Dynamics.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Navy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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