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cruise ship

NOUN
passenger ship
Synonyms
STRONGEST
liner luxury liner ocean liner
WEAK
floating hotel floating palace ocean greyhound passenger steamer

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Needham’s Laura Martin wrote on Tuesday that the stock is currently trading like a cruise ship company, not a media company.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Keep reading: Can you retire on a cruise ship?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Pacific Cruise Terminals will build a new world-class cruise ship center in the port’s outer harbor, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Regent prices the suite at upward of $25,000 a night and markets it as the largest all-inclusive, ultraluxury cruise ship suite in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

The Princess Andromeda glowed on the horizon—a huge cruise ship lit up yellow and white.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan