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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

"They turned it from a transatlantic passenger ship into a high-speed rescue vessel under emergency conditions," he said.

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

Each vessel can carry about 2 million barrels of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

After diving down to the sunken vessel, he came to the conclusion it was the oldest shipwreck that had ever been discovered.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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