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Recent Examples of warship
Since the start of the anti-cartel operation, the U.S. has deployed eight warships, one attack submarine, several surveillance planes, and thousands of American troops to the waters near Venezuela.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
On Sanday, another one of the Orkney Islands, a warship connected to the American Revolution was uncovered on a beach by a schoolboy.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The money used to buy that warship came from reparations extracted under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Philippine Coast Guard, the USS Higgins wasn’t the only US warship in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
On Sanday, another one of the Orkney Islands, a warship connected to the American Revolution was uncovered on a beach by a schoolboy.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The money used to buy that warship came from reparations extracted under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Philippine Coast Guard, the USS Higgins wasn’t the only US warship in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warship
Noun
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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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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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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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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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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At its core is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force centered around the amphibious assault vessel USS Iwo Jima and two San Antonio-class transport ships.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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Head coach Brent Pry has since been fired; Philip Montgomery steps in as interim head coach, hoping to steady the ship.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Based on their hull numbers, the Russian vessels were the Pacific Fleet's missile cruiser Varyag and the corvette Gromkiy.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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This can all quickly change if the Navy gets real about their fuel demands, acknowledges the Pacific will be contested, and confronts the looming logistical challenge of keeping vast numbers of autonomous corvettes and other small support craft operational in a conflict.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Warship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warship. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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