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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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At first, doctors were worried cabin pressure could cause a blood vessel to burst, but have now given Olivia clearance to fly home.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Ship-tracking firm Kpler said it confirmed just 10 vessel crossings of the Strait of Hormuz this past weekend, lower than a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"It is a vessel that was known and tracked," Guillaume Le Rasle, spokesman for the Atlantic maritime prefecture, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

As powerful as the cumbersome vessel was, it was not the easiest ship to steer, which made it dangerous to operate in such a windy site so close to shore.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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