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Recent Examples of unsinkable
Democracy isn’t unsinkable after all.
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Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Because the islands are unsinkable, Iranian military positions on them would have to be eliminated to ensure the safe passage of US warships – potentially those carrying US Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) – into the heart of the Persian Gulf, if a landing were to be attempted on Kharg Island.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
The study, published on January 27, 2026, in Advanced Functional Materials, builds on Guo’s earlier work designing unsinkable metals.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
More than 113 years after the Titanic sank in April 1912, the idea of an unsinkable ship still captures engineers’ imagination.
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Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Because the islands are unsinkable, Iranian military positions on them would have to be eliminated to ensure the safe passage of US warships – potentially those carrying US Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) – into the heart of the Persian Gulf, if a landing were to be attempted on Kharg Island.
—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
The study, published on January 27, 2026, in Advanced Functional Materials, builds on Guo’s earlier work designing unsinkable metals.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
More than 113 years after the Titanic sank in April 1912, the idea of an unsinkable ship still captures engineers’ imagination.
—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsinkable
Adjective
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Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables.
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Wilde thrills at the prospect of movement, setting a pace to match her buoyant mood.
Adjective
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Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.
Adjective
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And while the voucher may increase demand, facilities like this often have to leverage other sources of money to keep programs like Swim Buddies afloat.
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Meanwhile, explosive growth in the military economy and stimulus spending on infrastructure and social benefits helped Russian households stay afloat, despite stoking inflation.
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsinkable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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