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Recent Examples of tanker
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters — At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, the country’s national emergency agency said.
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Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Divers with an advanced certification come from around the world to explore the 465-foot Empire Mica, a British tanker torpedoed offshore during World War II—the longest war wreck in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
In many ways, this is old hat to the 65-year-old who’s been a pilot since 1983 and for the past 11 years has flown an air tanker into various hot spots around the country.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Just be aware: Shareholders have been burned by Scorpio’s more rigid dividend program; the tanker firm slashed its dividend by 92% in 2017 in the midst of a multiyear downturn.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Divers with an advanced certification come from around the world to explore the 465-foot Empire Mica, a British tanker torpedoed offshore during World War II—the longest war wreck in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
In many ways, this is old hat to the 65-year-old who’s been a pilot since 1983 and for the past 11 years has flown an air tanker into various hot spots around the country.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Just be aware: Shareholders have been burned by Scorpio’s more rigid dividend program; the tanker firm slashed its dividend by 92% in 2017 in the midst of a multiyear downturn.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
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Blue Origin, however, failed to meet its secondary goal of recovering the reusable booster stage of the rocket—which was supposed to land on a barge floating in the Atlantic but was lost during reentry.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The company conceded that the goal of landing the rocket's reusable first stage booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean failed, after the booster was lost during reentry.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
16 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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Rates for supertankers crossing from the Middle East Gulf to Asia-Pacific — a bellwether route for the oil industry — picked up by more than 40% between Jan. 9 and Jan. 14, according to pricing data from Argus Media.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Managers of offshore oil rigs, supertankers, and Antarctic research stations all appreciate the importance of food to maintaining group morale and productivity in isolated, remote, and confined situations.—
Nicola Twilley,
WIRED,
11 Feb. 2020
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The world now faces converging threats: China is carrying out the largest peacetime military buildup since Nazi Germany’s, producing warships, combat aircraft, and missiles five to six times as fast as the United States can.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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In 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. warship the Vincennes shot down an Iran Air flight over the Gulf, killing all 290 people on board.—
Nailia Bagirova and Gleb Stolaryov,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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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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Vegetables, chicken, shrimp, firm or extra-firm tofu, and eggs are all excellent choices for sautéing. Steam: This technique involves cooking food in a steamer basket by placing it over boiling water, allowing the steam to cook it gently.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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His father joined Zionist interests in Baltimore, contributing $50,000 to help purchase the former Old Bay Line steamer President Warfield, which in 1947 was renamed the Exodus, and transported more than 4,000 Holocaust survivors from France to Palestine, before being attacked by the British Navy.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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This particular helmet also sports rows of tiny holes, which would have been used to attach helmet liners via small metal fasteners.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The goodbye celebrations were planned for the ocean liner that broke the transatlantic speed record on her maiden voyage from New York to Cornwall, England, in 1952.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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Lymph fluid transports toxins, viral particles and more between the lymph nodes, where they are turned into cellular waste and transported to kidney and liver for bodily removal.—
Jessica Ourisman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County health officer issued an order to ensure the safe removal, transport and disposal of fire debris resulting from the wildfires.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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