vessel
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Earlier this week, the government detailed changes to the deal, with Australia to buy three second-hand submarines from the US, replacing a former agreement that Australia would get at least one new vessel.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Ship-tracking firm Kpler said it confirmed just 10 vessel crossings of the Strait of Hormuz this past weekend, lower than a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 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
Also aboard the vessel was an extraordinary amount of gold, silver, emeralds, and other jewels, and more than eleven million coins, all collected in the South American colonies to finance the Spanish king’s war effort.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing vessel
The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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