frigate
Example Sentences
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The frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts was on a routine convoy escort mission in the Persian Gulf when it struck the mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
India has invited the frigate to take part in its biennial military exercises along with participants from dozens of navies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said Saturday, following reports that Washington was pressuring Colombo to not repatriate them.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as "an atrocity at sea" and stressed that the frigate had been "a guest of India's Navy".
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
A frigate bird, his dark wings as wide as the man was tall, swooped curiously.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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