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Recent Examples of tanker
The latest: Angry Kitten is being mounted to A-10 and C-130 warplanes, and there's interest among the tanker community, namely KC-46 and -135, according to the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Alaska Airlines has invested in the project and the US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract for a demonstrator that could serve as an air refueling tanker, cargo or transport aircraft.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Russia responded by using a shadow fleet of tankers whose ties to Moscow were hidden to transport the commodity which continues to generate high revenues for the Kremlin, despite sanctions.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office posted an update late Saturday saying crews had ceased operations and would resume Sunday morning with ground personnel and machinery and assistance from helicopters and air tankers.
—Associated Press, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Alaska Airlines has invested in the project and the US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract for a demonstrator that could serve as an air refueling tanker, cargo or transport aircraft.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Russia responded by using a shadow fleet of tankers whose ties to Moscow were hidden to transport the commodity which continues to generate high revenues for the Kremlin, despite sanctions.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office posted an update late Saturday saying crews had ceased operations and would resume Sunday morning with ground personnel and machinery and assistance from helicopters and air tankers.
—Associated Press, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
Noun
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The barges appear to be connected in a continuous span, with the lead ship's ramp extended past the beach.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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In the one-minute trailer, Kian dreams up the island in sketches that come to life on the small platform that features a colorful climbing wall on the floating barge in the middle of the ocean.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Mar. 2025
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The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2025
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So how did Archie Norman and CEO Stuart Machin even begin to turn around such a supertanker?—
Natalie Berg,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Moving the economy and the housing market higher are two other supertankers that will take time.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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Latest footage released by the U.S. Central Command on X shows missiles were fired from a warship and fighter jets were launched from the Harry S. Truman to strike the Houthis.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The oilers are particularly needed in the Indo-Pacific and Persian Gulf — areas regularly patrolled by warships based in San Diego, Hawaii, Washington state and sites in Japan.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Told in first-person narrative with archival photos, the 225-page coffee-table book covers the family’s many setbacks and triumphs dating back to the early 1890s, when Jessop’s great-grandparents arrived in San Diego via steamship, rail and horsedrawn buggy.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The wooden steamship — which measured 95 feet and weighed 82 gross tons — was built in 1873 in Stockton, New South Wales, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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While steaming, be sure to hold the steamer nozzle upright so hot water doesn't spill or dribble out.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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What is the difference between a (portable) steamer and iron?—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
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Houston scored again in the sixth to pull within two, an inning that could have been much worse had Harrison Bader’s diving catch on an Alvarez liner to left field not saved a run, or potentially even two.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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These are all well and good, but none of them depict the medical emergencies that may occur on a luxury cruise liner called The Odyssey gliding through the Caribbean.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Plans for air support had been scuttled for various reasons, but several armored transports are on the way to evacuate them from the area.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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BlackRock has long been invested heavily in infrastructure — which can be hard for individual investors to access — but Powell said mass transport and shipping infrastructure offered areas of opportunity in a time of likely mounting inflation.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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