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Recent Examples of lightship
The clapboard houses, lightship baskets, and roses climbing up the side of Sconset roofs inspired a sense of permanence.
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William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets.
—New York Times, 31 July 2025
Benjamin Stone: Serving from 1937 to 1941, Stone was the keeper when the U.S. Lighthouse Service was disbanded and all lighthouses and lightships were placed under the supervision of the Coast Guard.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar.
—oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
All this means that the charming Bajoran lightship that Captain Sisko builds on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, depicted in the show as a medieval construction of metal and wood, is only feasible if the Bajoran sun were powerful enough to probably incinerate the entire space station in the first place.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Oct. 2020
The lightship is safely docked in the water, only minutes away from the city center.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020
William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets.
—New York Times, 31 July 2025
Benjamin Stone: Serving from 1937 to 1941, Stone was the keeper when the U.S. Lighthouse Service was disbanded and all lighthouses and lightships were placed under the supervision of the Coast Guard.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar.
—oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
All this means that the charming Bajoran lightship that Captain Sisko builds on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, depicted in the show as a medieval construction of metal and wood, is only feasible if the Bajoran sun were powerful enough to probably incinerate the entire space station in the first place.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Oct. 2020
The lightship is safely docked in the water, only minutes away from the city center.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightship
Noun
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.—
Lottie Gross,
AFAR Media,
29 Aug. 2025
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When that high water abated in late July, Day predicted that barge traffic on the state's largest port and the Arkansas River as a whole would return to normal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025
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There’s a small barge in a canal with a pole mounted on the front.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Unlike a steamer, Bounce’s spray is tiny enough to go inside your toiletry bag, which saves so much room in your carry-on.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The most prominent features of the Cygnus cargo freighter are its circular, fan-like solar arrays and an aluminum cylinder called the pressurized cargo module that bears some resemblance to a keg of beer.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Only one month on, U.S. warships began patrolling international waters off Venezuela’s coast, ostensibly to target drug cartels, but realistically to pressure Maduro after Venezuelan threats against Guyana accelerated again with Guyanese elections being imminent. China To The Rescue?—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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During Trump's first term, U.S. warships were also sent to the region, with little impact.—
NPR's International Desk,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Four people have died and 90 others have been injured following a gas tanker explosion in Mexico City.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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On the red carpet, there were many classic diamond colliers and bibs, from Mikey Madison’s Tiffany & Co.—
Shannon Adducci,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Feb. 2024
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“Lightship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightship. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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