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warship

noun

Definition of warship

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of warship That lengthy deployment raised concerns about the mental health of sailors, including reports of at least one going overboard, as well as reports of low supplies aboard the 100,000-ton warship. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The warship, based in Yokosuka, Japan, is currently en route to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in the Pacific, Putin described the Western moves to detain vessels linked to Russia as a breach of international maritime law. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The Indonesian Navy also deployed a warship to assist in the rescue, the AP reported. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warship

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Noun

Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

According to Nova, the shipment of equipment left Seattle by barge on August 26 and should arrive at Port MacKenzie, Alaska, in early September.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Each 10-megawatt reactor on a barge can power the equivalent of about 10,000 homes, can be moved via tugboats, and can be stacked alongside each other for extra power generation.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of barge

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The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

With tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl, the price of Brent crude climbed from a prewar close of about $72 a barrel to as high as nearly $120.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Another tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting inbound in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, using the southern lane along the Omani coast, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations.

— Anniek Bao,Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

Replacing large commercial vessels with alternative-fuel ships can require years of planning and significant capital.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Vance blames high gas prices on Iran attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz but has no timeline for when that could end.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

Zelenskyy, who did not mention grain terminals, said Russia's Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov frigates, a large landing ship, a corvette, and other vessels were struck in the attack.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Its Russian captain allegedly acted on Russian intelligence and a Russian corvette ran reconnaissance.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026