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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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The vessel was carrying 117 passengers and 17 crew members.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Seven French military personnel, five members at a maritime rescue coordination centre and two sailors aboard a patrol vessel have been under investigation since 2023 for failing to help a person in danger.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

On November 24, 2021, a French fishing vessel reported several lifeless bodies floating in the Channel off Calais, close to British waters.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

North Korea didn’t provide footage of the warship transiting at sea, but claimed it can fire a nuclear-tipped weapon from the roughly 5,000-ton vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

But the weight of the obelisk on even a very large vessel would make it top-heavy and unstable.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

The group claims it has control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, though it says maritime navigation is "safe for all companies except for Saudi vessels".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The 105 surviving crew members abandoned the vessels and began a desperate attempt to reach safety, traveling along the west coast of King William Island, Nunavut, while hauling boats on sleds.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Maritime Trade Operations Center said Wednesday it had received reports of several merchant vessels being subjected to fire in the northern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they targeted 10 vessels that were attempting to cross this prohibited area of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

When the brain swells, it pushes against the skull, and that squeezes the blood vessels that supply the brain.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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