aircraft carrier

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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier China first managed to launch fighter jets with the new electromagnetic technology on its homemade aircraft carrier, the Fujian, which launched two years ago. Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024 The stadium rises from a sea of one and two-story homes like an aircraft carrier at port, a monument to the history of the NFL. Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 In addition to the Carl Vinson, the U.S. Navy has a second aircraft carrier stationed in the Western Pacific Ocean. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 Maintaining ships for service is an expensive venture that is ever-present in San Diego, the headquarters of Third Fleet and home to 56 surface warships, including three aircraft carriers. Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aircraft carrier 
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Noun
  • One example: On March 14, 1970, during the Vietnam War, two crewmembers with pistols took control of the SS Columbia Eagle, a U.S. merchant ship delivering napalm and other ammo to the warzone.
    Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
  • From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.
    Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • News journal Lloyd's List reported in December that the tanker is part of a fleet circumventing sanctions on Russian trading.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Paddlers must bring their watercraft, a personal flotation device such as a life jacket, and a whistle.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The portion of Lady Bird Lake between the railroad trestle bridge and the South First Street bridge will be closed to all watercraft from 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to 1 a.m. Wednesday.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Miraculously, only one member of the Hooligan Navy was killed while serving, during a collision with a Dutch freighter.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Authorities said at the time that their initial findings showed a Chinese fishing vessel and a Chinese freighter caused the disruption, but that there was no evidence Beijing deliberately tampered with the cables.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the years since then, with the arrival of steamships, airplanes, and modern cruise liners, millions of travelers worldwide have come to appreciate the beauty, climate, and people of the islands.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.
    Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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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