tall ship

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Recent Examples of tall ship After finishing my bachelor’s degree, more seasonal jobs followed: a stint at a museum, a tall ship on the Hudson River, working as a outdoor educator. Kira Cordova, Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2025 The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again. Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025 Relatively few of us go down to the seas anymore, and even fewer of us get to steer a tall ship. Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 The tall ship is used to educate more than 5,000 school children a year on maritime history and pirate life. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tall ship
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And while humans can often discern animal distress calls or differentiate dog barks, many animal noises may seem inconsequential to the untrained human ear.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Mojan Gabbay, 50, lit a candle at the table honoring Iranian demonstrators, then walked across the patio to hop over an aluminum pan filled with burning tree bark, and smiled.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The original 15-room home could only be reached by helicopter or yacht (the Transpeninsular Highway wasn't built until 1970) and the seclusion attracted Hollywood stars like John Wayne and Lucille Ball.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In January, a fleet of 23 Oyster yachts took off from Antigua to start the brand’s namesake 27,000-nautical-mile rally exclusive to Oyster owners.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Bob Dylan, too, passed through, once working with a local shipbuilder on a custom wooden schooner called Water Pearl, delighted that the unbothered locals did not recognize him.
    Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Rules of engagement are also on the law books, so--if for no other reason--American troops follow them to stay out of the brig.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Since the shootings, Radford has been held in pretrial confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In Connecticut, all boats with motors — regardless of length — and all sailboats powered by sail alone — 19 1/2 feet or longer — must be registered before launching, according to officials.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Pace lives on a sailboat called Sweetie Lee, anchored on the west coast of Florida.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Jessica joined the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, working on the missiles and armaments of the massive aircraft carrier.
    Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • France, which has rushed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean, is working with other countries to prepare such a mission once the air war has subsided.
    John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024

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