gunboat

Example Sentences

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“Bonilla Gone With Hornet,” the New York Times reported Dec. 24, 1910, after the gunboat left New Orleans carrying Honduras’s ex-president Manuel Bonilla, American mercenaries, arms, and ammunition.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

“The ramifications over America’s gunboat diplomacy are likely to be more influential within Latin America,” Capital Economics’ Neil Shearing says in commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

In early 1883, the iron-hulled Royal Navy gunboat Jackal appeared in Loch Pooltiel, off Glendale.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

The reaction among our Latin American neighbors to this modern edition of gunboat diplomacy was, to say the least, decidedly negative.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Halfway across they stopped to admire a gunboat gliding under the bridge.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan