vessels

Example Sentences

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Vessels are backed up at the Strait of Hormuz, while Middle East refineries face disruptions.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Vessels with 25% or more of their equity owned by U.S. entities, as well as those flying the U.S. flag, will also be subject to the special port fee, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

"Vessels aren't designed to be out sailing in that weather - 65 to 85mph that's the top of what a vessel would be out in and that's with its sails down," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

There, the pallets will be transferred onto trucks that in turn will be loaded onto two types of smaller Army boats — Logistic Support Vessels, or LSVs, and Landing Craft Utility boats, LCUs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

The Vessels, during her time at the Birthing Unit, had done the same thing: found things to joke about, ways to pass the time.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry