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Recent Examples of supertanker
Moving the supertanker of investor skepticism, ie doesn’t turn quickly, will take time.
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar appealed to Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Croatia to deploy firefighting aircraft and helicopters, including large-capacity supertankers, to support Israeli efforts to contain the fast-moving blazes.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
So how did Archie Norman and CEO Stuart Machin even begin to turn around such a supertanker?
—Natalie Berg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Moving the economy and the housing market higher are two other supertankers that will take time.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar appealed to Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Croatia to deploy firefighting aircraft and helicopters, including large-capacity supertankers, to support Israeli efforts to contain the fast-moving blazes.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
So how did Archie Norman and CEO Stuart Machin even begin to turn around such a supertanker?
—Natalie Berg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Moving the economy and the housing market higher are two other supertankers that will take time.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
Noun
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Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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This company's launch vehicle, simply named Maia, is designed with a recoverable and reusable booster stage that will land on an offshore barge following liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Launched on Thursday, the space freighter is scheduled to dock to the Poisk module on Saturday (July 5).—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
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The Manitoulin, a 663-foot freighter, became stranded on Wednesday, Jan. 22, when ice rapidly formed amid freezing temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline, the AP reports.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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In 1860, Ingram died while sailing aboard the Lady Elgin, a steamship that sank after being hit by another vessel on Lake Michigan.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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China's navy has been operating farther afield and near Japanese territory with increasing frequency, the report said, noting that Chinese navy warships passing between islands in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have tripled in number between 2021 and 2024.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Iron Bottom Sound was called Savo Sound before World War II, but Allied sailors gave it its current moniker for the huge numbers of warships that sank in battle there.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2024
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With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa.—
Monisha Rajesh,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Oct. 2022
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During the 1860s to the late 1880s, the Crane and similar steamers were important to its commerce and served as a connector between cities.—
Rose Androwich,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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While ironing is not needed as much anymore, there are things that steamers and wrinkle-releaser sprays cannot do.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 July 2025
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Supertanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertanker. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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