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Recent Examples of supertanker
Real estate policy support is like turning a supertanker.
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The number of supertankers headed for China dropped to the lowest in almost two years, adding to recent concerns about demand in the largest oil importer during the second half of the year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 July 2024
Instead, every 10 days or so an oil supertanker arrives at a refinery near the Honolulu port, producing almost 80% of the state’s energy, Mikulina said.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
The Sea Port Oil Terminal being developed off Freeport, Texas, will be able to load two supertankers at once, with an export capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil per day.
—Matthew Daly, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The number of supertankers headed for China dropped to the lowest in almost two years, adding to recent concerns about demand in the largest oil importer during the second half of the year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 July 2024
Instead, every 10 days or so an oil supertanker arrives at a refinery near the Honolulu port, producing almost 80% of the state’s energy, Mikulina said.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
The Sea Port Oil Terminal being developed off Freeport, Texas, will be able to load two supertankers at once, with an export capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil per day.
—Matthew Daly, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
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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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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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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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The world now faces converging threats: China is carrying out the largest peacetime military buildup since Nazi Germany’s, producing warships, combat aircraft, and missiles five to six times as fast as the United States can.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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In 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. warship the Vincennes shot down an Iran Air flight over the Gulf, killing all 290 people on board.—
Nailia Bagirova and Gleb Stolaryov,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2024
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With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa.—
Monisha Rajesh,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Oct. 2022
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Vegetables, chicken, shrimp, firm or extra-firm tofu, and eggs are all excellent choices for sautéing. Steam: This technique involves cooking food in a steamer basket by placing it over boiling water, allowing the steam to cook it gently.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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His father joined Zionist interests in Baltimore, contributing $50,000 to help purchase the former Old Bay Line steamer President Warfield, which in 1947 was renamed the Exodus, and transported more than 4,000 Holocaust survivors from France to Palestine, before being attacked by the British Navy.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
16 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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“Supertanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertanker. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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