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Recent Examples of steamer
The second worst feeling is realizing your hotel doesn’t have a steamer or iron available.
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Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
Lay out a towel on the satin-smooth stones while kids leap off the bright orange swim raft, or bring snorkeling gear to track down the wreck of the steamer Louisiana, which sank here in 1913.
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Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
26 May 2026
No further specifics were revealed during the steamer’s Upfronts presentation on Wednesday.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
After recuperating from burns to his hands and face suffered in the crash, Morris went back to meet his wife in France, and eventually made their way in July back to Homewood, traversing the Atlantic this time by steamer.
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Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
Lay out a towel on the satin-smooth stones while kids leap off the bright orange swim raft, or bring snorkeling gear to track down the wreck of the steamer Louisiana, which sank here in 1913.
—
Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
26 May 2026
No further specifics were revealed during the steamer’s Upfronts presentation on Wednesday.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
After recuperating from burns to his hands and face suffered in the crash, Morris went back to meet his wife in France, and eventually made their way in July back to Homewood, traversing the Atlantic this time by steamer.
—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
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With the advent of the steamship, the cost of passage plummeted, and companies offered special immigrant fares that were often coupled with rail tickets to the interior of the country.
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In 1868, at the age of 29, John Muir arrived in San Francisco via steamship with definitive plans to wander and revel in the natural wonders of California—he’d heard of the Golden State’s geographic riches and wanted to see them for himself.
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The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
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The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.
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Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.
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The 747’s fusion of aeronautical ability and symbolic power earned it many roles beyond passenger liner and freighter.
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And there was Fred Raskin, Gunn’s longtime cutter who worked on all the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Gunn’s DC series Peacemaker.
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The Coast Guard cutter Eagle eased into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
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The interior also comes with a cotton liner, which will be much easier to spot-clean should your cosmetics or snacks leave a stain.
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Passengers of the Ile de France ocean liner stand on deck with their dogs, which have been fitted with special animal life preservers.
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The tanker was laden with more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Commercial shipping at center of tensions Britain's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said June 27 that a tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, sustaining damage to its bridge, though all crew members were reported safe.
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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