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Recent Examples of steamship
En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
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Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamships and telegraphs accelerated the process as the Industrial Revolution transformed agrarian economies.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
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Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamships and telegraphs accelerated the process as the Industrial Revolution transformed agrarian economies.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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