aircraft carrier

Example Sentences

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As evidence of the nation’s advances, he pointed to last year’s launch of China’s most advanced aircraft carrier and new kung-fu-performing robots.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Normally that’s a recipe for trouble, but the aircraft carrier known as the U.S. economy shows little sign of taking on water.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The logistical surge appears to be a stream of Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft making their way to the region, alongside the addition of a third aircraft carrier.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

It deployed two warships, including an aircraft carrier, for relief operations.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

All of them were looking up toward the north where the transport plane would come; the plane bearing the father who had flown off an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean for a year.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy