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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
President Biden on Monday named Navy aircraft carriers after former Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Sailors staff the rails on the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington returns to Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 22.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, the Navy uses these helicopters to carry troops in and out of combat zones, do searches and rescues off aircraft carriers, and fight in combat.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2025
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Sailors staff the rails on the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington returns to Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 22.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, the Navy uses these helicopters to carry troops in and out of combat zones, do searches and rescues off aircraft carriers, and fight in combat.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
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One example: On March 14, 1970, during the Vietnam War, two crewmembers with pistols took control of the SS Columbia Eagle, a U.S. merchant ship delivering napalm and other ammo to the warzone.—
Roberto Loiederman,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2025
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From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters were dispatched to the area just before 2 p.m. local time and were trying to slow its spread with the help of air tankers and helicopters, said Capt. Robert Johnson of Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency.—
Orlando Mayorquín,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The watercraft come complete with color-changing LED lights and waterproof Bluetooth speakers.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Paddlers must bring their watercraft, a personal flotation device such as a life jacket, and a whistle.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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But much of Sasaki’s early success could depend on the effectiveness of his third pitch, an improving slider that has taken several forms for Sasaki over the years — from a slower bender with big spin and break, to a slightly firmer version that acts more like a cutter.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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More news: Dodgers Pitcher Reveals Details of His Recruiting Call With Roki Sasaki Kopech's fastball touched 102 mph last season, a weapon few pitchers are able to pair with his command, along with a plus slider and cutter.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Freight can be moved by coastal freighters and barges.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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According to Politico, Lighthizer would have been interested in the jobs of Treasury or Commerce Secretary, but those positions had gone to Wall Street insiders: the currency trader Scott Bessent got Treasury, and Commerce went to the major cryptocurrency investor Howard Lutnick.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as traders brace for U.S. president Donald Trump to drop a bitcoin price bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the years since then, with the arrival of steamships, airplanes, and modern cruise liners, millions of travelers worldwide have come to appreciate the beauty, climate, and people of the islands.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Dec. 2024
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.—
Shane C Kurup,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2024
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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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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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