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carriers

NOUN
one who carries or transmits something
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STRONG


NOUN
a ship that carries airplanes
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The competitive threat posed by SpaceX discouraged the three major national carriers but buying into Boost Mobile could represent a back-door entry for Musk.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Navy to build its future aircraft carriers without that system and go back to steam catapults, a move American Navy officials have long fought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The pullback in oil futures is a welcome reprieve for the likes of JetBlue, Delta, and other major carriers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

“There are just so many variables that the insurance companies didn’t really know how to price it, and so it’s been very expensive for motor carriers to insure these trucks,” Loya said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

American planes took off from nearby aircraft carriers and made sixty-four sorties over North Vietnam, bombing their torpedo boat fleet and a major oil depot.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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