tanker
Example Sentences
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They also worry that Iran must agree to an end of hostilities before oil tankers can sail freely through the strait.
Various reports that Iran has allowed some oil tankers to transit through the Strait of Hormuz have done little to temper Tuesday’s rise in oil prices.
From MarketWatch
But Chelini—who chartered tankers for the state oil firm before working as a hostage negotiator for the country’s intelligence service—sees his old line of work returning if criminals are drawn back to Venezuela.
“A prompt reopening of the Strait of Hormuz remains questionable as will the volume of tanker traffic capable of proceeding through the strait in the coming weeks.”
Quins' limbo down the league is perhaps the price worth paying for taking the time needed to get the person with the ability to turn the tanker around.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
