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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
Earlier in the week, the Navy had 12 ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and eight destroyers, in the Arabian Sea.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
Earlier in the week, the Navy had 12 ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and eight destroyers, operating in the Arabian Sea.
—David Rising, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
All that was missing to complete the parallel to the Iraq War was a flight suit, an aircraft carrier, and a Mission Accomplished banner.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
The aircraft carrier is named after the Battle of Midway in 1942, but the ship didn't serve in World War II.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
Earlier in the week, the Navy had 12 ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and eight destroyers, operating in the Arabian Sea.
—David Rising, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
All that was missing to complete the parallel to the Iraq War was a flight suit, an aircraft carrier, and a Mission Accomplished banner.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
The aircraft carrier is named after the Battle of Midway in 1942, but the ship didn't serve in World War II.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
Noun
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As far back as 1975, when President Gerald Ford rescued the SS Mayaguez, the merchant ship captured by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, presidents have acknowledged the law and dutifully reported their military actions to Congress.—
Sarah Burns,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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Under the cover of night on July 30, 1949, the Amethyst quenched all its lights on board and shadowed a passing Chinese merchant ship, the Kiangling Liberation, following it through the tricky shoals of the river.—
Anne Ewbank,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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The tanker was sailing under the flag of the Comoros, an island nation off East Africa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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For now, analysts say the world is watching the narrow strait to see whether tanker traffic will resume.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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His four-seam and sinker velocities have been down compared to last year, but his cutter and curveball still grade out well.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Count Kimbrel among the pitchers who are working on cutters this spring as well.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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To get on land, these types of Marine units primarily seize footholds by riding small watercraft onto beaches or by helicopter insertion.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Because the motor is electric and the foil does most of the work, the noise, the churn, the fumes – the whole obnoxious package that defines traditional personal watercraft – are largely gone.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tom Townsend, a former Putnam County school superintendent, said his family operated steamship tours showcasing the Ocklawaha before construction of the dam.—
David Bauerlein,
Florida Times-Union,
9 Feb. 2026
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Oil traders are concerned about the potential repercussions of a prolonged Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime trading route along the southern coast of Iran that facilitates the transport of about one-fifth of the global oil supply.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Newsom was being interviewed in Austin, Texas by Vivian Tu, a former Wall Street trader turned finance expert, who hosts financial podcast Networth & Chill.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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The barge was moored about 25 miles northwest of Ketchikan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those increases can quickly ripple through food prices, the mayors said, because much of the nation's food supply moves by truck, rail or barge along the Mississippi River system.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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