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Recent Examples of steamship
Then a friend who worked in advertising suggested the less generic and more regionally pleasing Old Bay, the nickname for a steamship operated by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which ran regularly between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, carrying passengers and mail.
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The effect of technology grew more pronounced with the Industrial Revolution, which led to the creation of machine guns, steamships, and radios.
—Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
The discovery of the Muir came just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 below the surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 24 July 2024
Located along the southern Detroit River, the island saw nearly 800,000 visitors annually, ferried over by passenger steamships the Ste. Claire and SS Columbia.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The effect of technology grew more pronounced with the Industrial Revolution, which led to the creation of machine guns, steamships, and radios.
—Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
The discovery of the Muir came just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 below the surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 24 July 2024
Located along the southern Detroit River, the island saw nearly 800,000 visitors annually, ferried over by passenger steamships the Ste. Claire and SS Columbia.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
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Invigorate Shower Steamers Gift Set $28 Uncommon Goods Ending a long day with a nice shower and steamers is a lovely way to wind down (especially in the winter).Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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Let the steamer cool before repeating the process and then dry with a microfiber cloth. 5.Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Federal Aviation Administration also temporarily grounded the Falcon 9 fleet after one of its reusable boosters fell over and burned while landing on an offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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On Thursday, a large barge could be seen working out near the pier, where the contractor Manson Construction is setting up to restart the sand replenishment project as early as next week.Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
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Deliveries of all 737 Max planes as well as freighter models have been halted by the strike.Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Max, as well as two freighter models, the 777F and 767F, are built in unionized plants shut down by the strike.Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Russia has used warships from its Black Sea Fleet, as well as strategic bombers, to conduct missile strikes on targets across Ukraine, leading to hundreds of civilian casualties.Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The military has also deployed a warship to Valencia, bringing helicopters, watercraft, trucks, food and emergency supplies.Atika Shubert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Of course not, but the captain has told the wheelhouse to turn the supper tanker.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The tanker, however, will remain empty of any nuclear materials during its three-week test run.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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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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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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