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frigate

[frig-it] / ˈfrɪg ɪt /
NOUN
boat
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Deliveries of one frigate per year are expected to start in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

When an American frigate hit a mine during the so-called Tanker War, the U.S. sent in a force to clear out Iranian positions in the Gulf and destroyed Iranian ships that confronted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The Royal Navy deployed a Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, RFA Tidespring and Merlin helicopters to track all three of the Russian submarines.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

A British naval frigate dispatched in response to the drone strike is on its way to the island.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

According to Millis, astronauts might harness the energy in the vacuum to push a spaceship, just as mariners harnessed the wind to drive a frigate.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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