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Recent Examples of steamship
The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.
—Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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
The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.
—Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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
The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
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Use a clothes steamer to help the fibers relax.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
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On sale for $25, this travel steamer is lightweight, compact, and has a quick heat-up time, plus a rotating head for easy, thorough steaming.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parents of the three Miami Yacht Club summer campers who were killed last summer when a 60-foot barge slammed into their sailboat sued the company that owns the barge, alleging negligence and irresponsible hiring.—
Milena Malaver,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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The barge struck the sailboat head-on, causing it to tip and capsize, the lawsuit alleges.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
Brett Simpson,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The dashboard looks like a sci-fi warship.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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China’s 40,000-ton Sichuan warship with an advanced stealth drone could be entering the large drone testing phase of its sea trials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The fire started when a gasoline tanker truck making a delivery in the alley behind the plant started leaking.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Joel Zlotnik, a spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority, which runs those Express Lanes, said the CHP, a fire department or Caltrans notifies his agency when an official diversion onto the Express Lanes occurs — think major collision or a tanker spilling its cargo.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Cut with a floured 2 3/4- to 3-inch round or square cutter; re-form scraps as necessary to make six biscuits.—
Holly Riordan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hitters still struggled to hit the forkball last season, but hit his sweeper and sinker hard, and to a lesser extent, his cutter as well.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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