vessel
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Overnight, on 30 and 31 July, the vessel slipped anchor and its crew made the 140-mile journey to open sea.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
His father returned to the ship before the crew and vessel made their escape to Shanghai.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Chinese forces took measures such as verbal warnings and "electronic jamming" to force the vessel away, it added.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
One vessel approaches another one, generally at an angle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
In order for the Erebus to make its way through the thickest ice fields, the British Admiralty equipped the vessel with a fifteen-ton, twenty-five horsepower railroad locomotive engine.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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