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submarine

[suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen] / ˌsʌb məˈrin, ˈsʌb məˌrin, ˌsʌb məˈrin /


NOUN
sandwich
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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“As of 1855, construction of overland telegraph systems had become standardized,” Mr. Tabor writes, but “no such standard existed for submarine telegraph lines, especially those running through salt water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Days before arriving in Singapore for the Shangri-la Dialogue, Australia's defence minister Richard Marles addressed this criticism saying they had to go ahead with the Aukus submarine project as there was no "plan B".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The discovery comes from a Curtin University-led study that explored the Cape Range and Cloates submarine canyons, located about 1200 kilometers north of Perth.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The design he favored for the first nuclear submarine, launched in 1954, was repurposed in the first full-scale nonmilitary nuclear plant, near Pittsburgh.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

They had been landed by submarine on Long Island and Florida and almost immediately caught.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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