ship
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In a U.S. combat first, three unmanned speedboats attacked an Iranian submarine and ship facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The blockade could be enforced by long-range air operations plus ship interceptions in open seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Water brought by ship is around 14 euros per cubic metre -– a cost covered by the defence ministry which organises the supply route.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Steve Bradley, operations director with Jevington Logistics, estimated there would be a total of 110 tonnes of steel salvaged from the "well-built" ship while speaking from a tugboat as the dismantling work continued nearby.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Nim and Jack had a fire at night, they used matches, but matches were precious because they came on the supply ship, so in the daytime they used glass and the sun’s own fire.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Veteran guard Ariel Atkins, who was shipped out of Chicago in the Jackson deal, had her best game with the Sparks, finishing with a season-high 17 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
His hands and ankles were chained, and he was shipped off to Adelanto alongside a handful of other immigrants, all who were at least a decade older than him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Although it is the nation’s fifth-largest oil producing state, most of its crude is shipped abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“The difference of Insurance is such that every Merchant Orders their Goods shipped in British Bottoms.”
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
There was always straw on the floor from the wooden crates the statues were shipped in.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
The document envisioned some role for Iran in overseeing shipping in Hormuz.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“We opened up international shipping for the first time ever, and so we started shipping to Norway, to Germany, to the UK,” Newport said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He also claimed the U.S. was charging a 20% fee on all cargo transported via the shipping route in return for safe passage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The average speed of the modern industrial shipping vessel has declined in recent decades, but fuel efficiency has gone up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Pebbles the size of houses had rolled to a stop next to one another, and he thought, It’s like a shipping room when all the merchandise has left.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
