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frigate

[frig-it] / ˈfrɪg ɪt /
NOUN
boat
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The two countries said it was a "passing exercise" with an Indonesian frigate passing through on its return home from the Russian port city of Vladivostok.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I agree with what Washington is saying that allies need to do more,” said Capt. Ryan L. Bakabak, of the Philippines Navy, sitting aboard the country’s new guided-missile frigate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The destroyer had sailed to the area alongside two other Chinese naval vessels and a Russian frigate, the ministry said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Upon sailing into the harbor, they realized the frigate was too damaged to sail, so rather than leave it in enemy hands, they burned it to the waterline.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Rheinmetall had cut its sales projections in August after Germany scrapped a project to procure six F126 frigates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The aerospace-and-defense group said it would record a charge in the first half after Berlin scrapped a project to procure F126 frigates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Americans weren’t exactly winning anyway, but Jefferson doubled-down and sent more war frigates.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In the east of Scotland, Babcock is constructing five cheaper but highly versatile Type-31 frigates at Rosyth.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

They turned over a dozen frigates, well armed and fully manned—a dozen frigates!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham


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