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periscope

noun as in finder

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Horne quotes contemporaries calling the headquarters “a submarine without a periscope”: a huge blunder when facing the Wehrmacht's speedy, flexible operational plans.

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The Normandie crew spotted its periscope poking through the waves and sprang into action.

You can sit at the controls and peer through periscopes in a submarine room removed from attack submarine USS Greenling.

In the pond at Manito Park, a moose waded in small circles, standing neck-deep in the murky water, head poking out like a periscope.

The order will see Thales Glasgow continue a 100-year tradition of making periscopes for Royal Navy submarines.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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