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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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Determining where a ship going into the Gulf is headed in time to seize it might be more difficult, especially if the vessel claimed to be heading to a non-Iranian port, Rowlands said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He has however ruled out vessel escorts under "bombings."

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The Bangladesh Coast Guard told AFP news agency one of its ships rescued nine people from the vessel on 9 April.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“From the beginning, the conceit was to summon all the types of experiences of Blackness in one place, the project being a vessel or container for all of that expression,” Halsey says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Despite its tragic history, in November 1863, Confederate navy lieutenant George Dixon agreed to take command of the vessel and to raise a seven-man volunteer crew.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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