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frigate

[frig-it] / ˈfrɪg ɪt /
NOUN
boat
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“This would include outsourcing support to HII’s current programs as well as potentially serving as the second Frigate shipyard.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The government also said talks were at final stages with BAE Systems about Ferguson Marine being awarded further work on the Type 26 Frigate programme.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

Great Frigate Birds sleep in seconds-long bursts as they soar through the air.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

Frigate birds and boobies drifted above the deck, sometimes resting on the radar array before plunging toward a meal.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

They went as slow and as close as they dared, past Turtle Beach and round the point of Frigate Bird Cliffs.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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