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Recent Examples of navy
In a final act of capitulation, the seven-year-old Song emperor, Zhao Bing, drowned himself to evade capture by the Mongol navy.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
But one shift is especially obvious: autonomous and remotely operated vehicles have become a mandatory component of armies, navies, and air forces.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Beijing’s intense shipbuilding program of recent years has yielded the world’s largest navy/maritime fighting force, which can operate farther than ever from China’s shores – including from the country’s first overseas military base in Djibouti.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The oversized cardigan comes in five neutral colors: white, tan, light gray, black, and navy, and they are each made from 100 percent Mongolian cashmere.
—Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
But one shift is especially obvious: autonomous and remotely operated vehicles have become a mandatory component of armies, navies, and air forces.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Beijing’s intense shipbuilding program of recent years has yielded the world’s largest navy/maritime fighting force, which can operate farther than ever from China’s shores – including from the country’s first overseas military base in Djibouti.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The oversized cardigan comes in five neutral colors: white, tan, light gray, black, and navy, and they are each made from 100 percent Mongolian cashmere.
—Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
Noun
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This case may be different, if reports are true that the flotilla is escorted by a nuclear-powered submarine, but this remains unconfirmed.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bailey recounted how, when flying a 777 airliner over the Persian Gulf, a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group once ordered him to alter his course to avoid going over the US flotilla.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An older fleet with less next-generation design and technology is also less fuel efficient.—
Oliver Wyman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Relying on existing satellite navigation signals would offload some of the demand for these ground stations and perhaps reduce the need for a dedicated fleet of navigation satellites in lunar orbit.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The convoy’s passengers suit up, adding tactical vests over their clothes, ski masks over their heads.—
David Culver,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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In 2007, its director visited Baghdad to assist with a program there; as his convoy passed through the city, security contractors hired by the private military firm Blackwater opened fire on approaching cars, killing seventeen Iraqi civilians.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As the microlight receded west into the haze, the birds chasing behind, an armada of cars and camper vans sped off in pursuit.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Singapore’s Banyan Group, which opened an armada of luxury hotels all over the mainland in the last two years (including Banyan Tree Dongguan Songshan Lake and Banyan Tree Suzhou Shishan), is relying on China’s cultural and natural cache to bring international tourism roaring back.—
Chadner Navarro,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Navy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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