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Recent Examples of tanker
These ships avoid detection by transferring cargo from one tanker to another in the open ocean.
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Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Because gasoline tanker transit times across the Pacific range from 25 to 45 days, the impact is only now beginning to appear here.
—James Rector, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Hopes that tanker traffic could resume with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz were dashed before engines could even fire up.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Because gasoline tanker transit times across the Pacific range from 25 to 45 days, the impact is only now beginning to appear here.
—James Rector, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Hopes that tanker traffic could resume with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz were dashed before engines could even fire up.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
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The largest piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis III mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Monday after a trip by barge from its factory in New Orleans, Florida Today reports.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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The barge is now expected to go around the northern tip of Denmark via the strait of Skagerrak toward the North Sea.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Russian freighter, known as Progress 95, is hauling about 3 tons of food, propellant and other supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Operating six weekly flights with a dedicated FedEx Boeing 777 freighter, shipments from Vietnam are consolidated in Ho Chi Minh City before being transported to Singapore for a direct flight to Anchorage.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works stated on April 28 that the warship had departed its Maine shipyard and entered open waters to undergo performance testing.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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That warship, an expeditionary sea base, is about the size of an aircraft carrier and can support helicopters and special forces.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the absence of peace talks, Tensions are building over the Strait of Hormuz, with US forces boarding a supertanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean.—
Stacey Vanek Smith,
Bloomberg,
23 Apr. 2026
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The company later became known for environmental damage, most notably for causing one of the worst oil spills in history when its supertanker, the Exxon Valdez, spewed millions of gallons of crude oil off Alaska that blackened shorelines and killed marine life.—
Alex Kuffner,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line).—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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That’s what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line’s famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Steam Wrinkles Out of Upholstery and Curtains When filled with water and set to a steam setting, an iron can easily double as a steamer.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
23 Apr. 2026
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There the steamer has remained and become a home for marine life.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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An injury prevented the director from carrying the award on his flight from Paris back to America, so his producer, Charles Gillibert, was charged with the transport.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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During the tournament, FIFA will deploy hybrid vehicles and encourage public transport, walking and cycling in coordination with host cities and public authorities, officials said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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