submarine
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Floating dry docks are structures that can be submerged to allow a ship or submarine to enter.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
No action is to be taken against an Iranian man who tried to enter the Faslane nuclear submarine base earlier this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
UC-30 was carrying 18 mines and six torpedoes, leaving the submarine packed with explosives.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Just over a month prior, China had test-fired a submarine ballistic missile with a dummy nuclear warhead with the capacity to reach the U.S. from Chinese coastal waters, raising alarms across the Pacific region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
And the bigger the hole got, the faster the boat sank, as if it were tired of being a boat and wanted to try being a submarine.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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U.S. and British forces have spotted Russian attack submarines in Irish waters at least twice since 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Trade and defence procurement: Canada has been on a "buy European" spree of late, purchasing German attack submarines, for example, and airborne early-warning planes from Sweden's Saab.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
German submarines attempted to approach British vessels unseen and destroy them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"How are we going to be at war with Canada? They're going to take their two set submarines from the Edmonton Mall and sic them on us?"
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The four Soviet submarines, with their special weapons, remained on patrol in the warm waters east of Cuba.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The historical odds will be against the Nets, who have been submarined by Durant’s January knee sprain, Harden’s February departure and Irving’s part-time availability because of his unvaccinated status.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Theoretically, those Sunday figures could be submarined by a handful of meaningless rounds where Finau was never in the tournament mix.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 3, 2020
Twice in the last six weeks, Johnson has submarined the Lakers by being out front without being up front.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2019
You can imagine my disappointment when the performance was submarined by a microphone mishap, one that introduced unexpected, tinny plonks to the mix and seemingly pushed the British star out of tune.
From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2016
Neither is it possible to utilise notes which were submarined or lost in over-worked post offices.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
The Cyclones shot 32% in the second half, submarining their own cause further by turning the ball over 18 times.
From Fox News ● Mar. 26, 2022
Quisenberry, a submarining closer with a world-class wit, won five Rolaids Relief Man awards for the Royals in the 1980s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Chicago had the bases loaded with one out when submarining right-hander Tyler Rogers caught Willson Contreras looking at an 84 mph fastball on a 3-2 count.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Wall’s health problems sabotaged the 2017-18 season, they are submarining the ongoing 2018-19 season, and now they threaten the 2019-20 campaign 10 months before it will officially begin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2019
But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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