ship

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"The unmanned drone would have been used instead of sending in a ship or a helicopter where people could have been shot at," Dr Pettyjohn says.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The U.S. accused the ship of attempting to violate the blockade against Iran by trying to sail to an Iranian port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

LTL shippers serve primarily industrial customers that don’t need a full truck to ship goods over relatively short distances.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Whether that happened is debatable; what is not is that “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” also influenced him, manifesting in the lyrics’ repeated invitation to “Take a ride in the sky/On our ship, fantasize.”

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

I asked, and then the clock I’d spotted mounted to the ship clicked to 7:55, and I turned as the buzz of low-flying airplanes hit my ears.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin