tanker

Example Sentences

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It marks at least the third time the U.S. has seized an oil tanker in connection with its crackdown of Iran-linked shadow-fleet vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Only one liquefied natural gas tanker carrying Qatari gas to Pakistan crossed, on May 12.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

A day earlier, a Chinese tanker had been allowed to transit through the strait in what Iran said was an agreement to allow some Chinese ships to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

But investors had hoped for more progress toward reopening the crucial strait, where oil tanker traffic has ground to a near standstill since the outbreak of the war, sending energy prices soaring.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

And spidering into the pool are a dozen thick fire hoses—which seem to be sucking up water and depositing it into a series of tanker trucks.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman