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To date, a ragtag militia such as the Houthis has ground global shipping in the Red Sea to a halt despite significant U.S. military engagement, and U.S. aircraft carrier groups stationed in the region have not managed to deter Hezbollah from launching unrelenting attacks against northern Israel.
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Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
The easiest way to visualize Hezbollah is as an Iranian aircraft carrier sitting off Israel’s coast, from which its missiles require the briefest flight times to reach their targets.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
The ships’ departure opens up the possibility that the U.S. could keep both the Truman and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Arabian Gulf, in the region in case more violence breaks out.
—Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
In a summary of the call, the Pentagon said Austin has ordered the ballistic-missile submarine USS Georgia to the Middle East and accelerated the arrival of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt to the region.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024
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Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
The easiest way to visualize Hezbollah is as an Iranian aircraft carrier sitting off Israel’s coast, from which its missiles require the briefest flight times to reach their targets.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
The ships’ departure opens up the possibility that the U.S. could keep both the Truman and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Arabian Gulf, in the region in case more violence breaks out.
—Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
In a summary of the call, the Pentagon said Austin has ordered the ballistic-missile submarine USS Georgia to the Middle East and accelerated the arrival of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt to the region.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024
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And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
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These were the fruit trees being transported during the merchant ship’s fateful journey.Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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Other health care facilities in Asheville have brought in tanker trucks with water to continue their operations, but Planned Parenthood is still working on requesting emergency water supplies from the state.Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Lara had driven this four-day round trip dozens of times, but on this day he was pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol on I-80 about an hour outside of Reno, ostensibly for following and passing a tanker truck too closely.Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Agents had been notified by Royal Canadian Mounted Police that two other people, including a man who was believed to be her husband, had started to paddle an inflatable watercraft from the Canadian side of the lake toward the United States, according to court documents.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
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Those who don’t have their own watercraft can hire one from Le Boat.Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Cord cutters can also save with the limited-time deal on Hulu + Live TV that includes Disney+ and ESPN+ with ads and over 95 live news, entertainment and sports channels.Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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In California, health officials have confirmed 180 cases of silicosis among countertop cutters in less than six years, resulting in at least 13 deaths.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Among the programs being cut is the 767 jet, which is now only being built in a freighter version.Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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To check freighter travel in Michigan, visit the MarineTraffic website.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
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Abolitionists made good use of the provision to harry slave traders.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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What loopholes in their architectures may exist, to be exploited by traders whose skills have been honed on Wall Street?George Calhoun, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Michigan Shipwreck Research Association That discovery was announced just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 feet below the surface in Lake Michigan.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The expedition team's next target using the Hydrus technology is the wreck of the luxury passenger steamship SS Koombana, which disappeared somewhere off Port Hedland en route to Broome during a tropical cyclone in 1912, with 150 on board presumed to have perished.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 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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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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