flagship

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Recent Examples of flagship That may take years to accomplish, but to that end, his team is already working on versions that provide similar benefits without the $160,000 price tag of the flagship model. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 May 2025 The London opening follows on the heels of the group’s biggest flagship opening outside of China in February: a New York debut comprising 30,000 square feet in SoHo. Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 The estate’s previous owners began to make wine there back in the 1970s, and by the 80s the flagship bottle was a rich red Lambrusco called Rubino del Cerro. Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025 Santa Ono, the University of Michigan president tapped last week to lead Florida’s flagship university, had a bumpy week. Ian Hodgson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flagship
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Noun
  • Ukraine's navy does not have any large warships, but has worked alongside the other branches of Kyiv's military and security agencies to threaten Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
    Yevgeny Kuklychev Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • China built 1,400 and three times as many naval warships.
    John Garamendi, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 May 2025
  • On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • The first airline expected to receive a 777-9 in 2026, once the type is certified, will be Lufthansa, which has placed an order for 20 777-9s and seven 777-8 freighters.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • That predecessor was wrecked May 9, 1980, when a freighter, lost in the vicious storm, broadsided the southbound span of the twin bridge and knocked down a 1,260-foot section of roadway.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • What To Know In early February, the Russian navy dispatched two corvettes, the Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, as well as the fleet oiler Pechenga, from their Far Eastern naval base in the city of Vladivostok for a deployment in the Asia-Pacific region.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The 388-foot-long corvette has a range of 4,500 nautical miles [5,178 miles] with a speed of up to 25 knots [28 miles per hour].
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to Illinois, cruisers can also visit Wright sites in another Great Lakes state, Michigan.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
  • According to the Cruise Lines International Association’s 2024 report, the number of younger cruisers has grown over the last two years, with 22% of passengers being millennials and 14% Gen Z.
    Martie Bowser, Essence, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Its data suggests the volume of crude oil and products, including refined fuels, in floating storage on tankers for seven days or longer has risen over the past month by 14% to more than 160 million barrels.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The tanker continued into the median, struck the median wall then continued west, approximately one-tenth of a mile, igniting on fire.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025

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