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vessel

noun as in ship

noun as in container, bowl

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They see U.S.-South Korean shipbuilding cooperation as a potential margin-expansion opportunity for Korean shipyards, which are likely to enjoy favorable pricing terms on U.S. strategic commercial vessel orders and navy contracts, they say.

Young adults spend an estimated six hours a day seated, and extended sitting is known to reduce how well blood vessels function.

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About 2.7 million people in the U.S. are thought to have mixed dementia or vascular dementia, which is caused by strokes or mini-strokes that damage blood vessels in the brain.

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A new preclinical study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine reports that hypertension disrupts blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain long before blood pressure rises to detectable levels.

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The company -- the leading shipbuilder for the Dutch navy -- employs some 12,500 people and owns several shipyards across the world, constructing notably frigates, combat support vessels and maritime patrol ships.

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

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