ship

Example Sentences

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Then immediately the ship left the dock when I took the character.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

An Indian-flagged ship carrying livestock from Somalia was reported hit and sunk off Oman on May 13 -- all 14 crew were rescued.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

One of the deadliest industrial accidents in U.S. history involved the ignition of highly flammable fertilizer aboard a cargo ship, the SS Grandcamp, in Texas in 1947, according to the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

But Mal was not looking at the ship or the Berserker.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell