dagger
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A Royal Navy patrol boat, HMS Dagger, shadowed the Grinch, as it passed through the Strait of Gibraltar.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
"This support included HMS Dagger monitoring the vessel through the Straits of Gibraltar," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
In 2022 he won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Diamond Dagger Award for his outstanding contribution to the genre.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile, also known as the Dagger, is one of the crown jewels of Russia’s military arsenal.
From Washington Times • May 16, 2023
It was interesting flying, and I got a chance to fly such airplanes as the North American F-100 Super Sabre, the Convair F-1Q2 Delta Dagger, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, and quite a few others.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
Vocabulary lists containing dagger
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