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frigate

[frig-it] / ˈfrɪg ɪt /
NOUN
boat
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The two countries said it was a "passing exercise" with an Indonesian frigate passing through on its return home from the Russian port city of Vladivostok.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The German defense group trimmed its sales guidance for the year this month after the German government cancelled a major frigate order.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The upcoming frigate programme in particular is "a huge opportunity", Papperger said.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Upon sailing into the harbor, they realized the frigate was too damaged to sail, so rather than leave it in enemy hands, they burned it to the waterline.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The Americans weren’t exactly winning anyway, but Jefferson doubled-down and sent more war frigates.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

In the Royal Navy's case, it gets to keep the frigates, which will be updated with new versions in the pipeline.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The multi-billion-euro project to build six new-generation frigates, set to be the biggest in the German navy, was being abandoned in favour of purchasing eight smaller warships, the defence ministry said.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

They turned over a dozen frigates, well armed and fully manned—a dozen frigates!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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