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Recent Examples of steamer
Darkness would bring more hazards, and crew members from both ships begged Wilson not to send them back to the blazing steamer.
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Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Plus, head to Walmart to shop more vacuums, steamers, and other floorcare.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Nori Press Travel Steam Iron The solution to wrinkle-free clothes on vacation is finally here thanks to this handheld steamer that weighs less than one and a half pounds.
—Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Throw in some face masks, shower steamers, or restocks of her favorite beauty products to bring the concept home.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Plus, head to Walmart to shop more vacuums, steamers, and other floorcare.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Nori Press Travel Steam Iron The solution to wrinkle-free clothes on vacation is finally here thanks to this handheld steamer that weighs less than one and a half pounds.
—Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Throw in some face masks, shower steamers, or restocks of her favorite beauty products to bring the concept home.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
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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
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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
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Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Freight can be moved by coastal freighters and barges.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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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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But much of Sasaki’s early success could depend on the effectiveness of his third pitch, an improving slider that has taken several forms for Sasaki over the years — from a slower bender with big spin and break, to a slightly firmer version that acts more like a cutter.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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More news: Dodgers Pitcher Reveals Details of His Recruiting Call With Roki Sasaki Kopech's fastball touched 102 mph last season, a weapon few pitchers are able to pair with his command, along with a plus slider and cutter.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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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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This particular helmet also sports rows of tiny holes, which would have been used to attach helmet liners via small metal fasteners.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The goodbye celebrations were planned for the ocean liner that broke the transatlantic speed record on her maiden voyage from New York to Cornwall, England, in 1952.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters were dispatched to the area just before 2 p.m. local time and were trying to slow its spread with the help of air tankers and helicopters, said Capt. Robert Johnson of Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency.—
Orlando Mayorquín,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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