submarine
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And last year, Seoul announced an agreement with Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, with Pyongyang slamming the submarine programme as a "dangerous attempt at confrontation".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
In June this year, something even more unexpected popped up at one of the two Changxing yards: a new class of submarine, likely nuclear-powered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Ghost Shark can travel long distances and would work in tandem with the crewed submarine fleet, officials said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
But U.S. submarine production is limited by a brittle supply chain, scarce skilled labor, and other dysfunctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And the bigger the hole got, the faster the boat sank, as if it were tired of being a boat and wanted to try being a submarine.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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China has built the world’s largest navy with a battle force of over 400 ships and submarines, which is about 35% larger than the U.S. fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
And last year, Seoul announced an agreement with Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, with Pyongyang slamming the submarine programme as a "dangerous attempt at confrontation".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Commons Defence Committee said a shortage of Royal Navy warships and submarines was leaving the country's critical infrastructure in the High North, including undersea cables and energy supplies, exposed.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
China is focused on developing undersea sensors, weapons and autonomous vehicles to counter US submarines, the US Navy's intelligence director told a US government committee in May.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
It has been deployed also by the military for mine detection, to search for lost submarines and, in one highly publicized case, to search for a hydrogen bomb lost at sea.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The historical odds will be against the Nets, who have been submarined by Durant’s January knee sprain, Harden’s February departure and Irving’s part-time availability because of his unvaccinated status.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Theoretically, those Sunday figures could be submarined by a handful of meaningless rounds where Finau was never in the tournament mix.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 3, 2020
Watt submarined under Havenstein and sacked Goff for an eight-yard loss on a second-and-nine play late in the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
You can imagine my disappointment when the performance was submarined by a microphone mishap, one that introduced unexpected, tinny plonks to the mix and seemingly pushed the British star out of tune.
From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2016
This means that Britain will go on fighting until she has exacted and taken over from Germany the exact equivalent of all the British shipping Germany has submarined.
From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The Cyclones shot 32% in the second half, submarining their own cause further by turning the ball over 18 times.
From Fox News ● Mar. 26, 2022
Quisenberry, a submarining closer with a world-class wit, won five Rolaids Relief Man awards for the Royals in the 1980s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Chicago had the bases loaded with one out when submarining right-hander Tyler Rogers caught Willson Contreras looking at an 84 mph fastball on a 3-2 count.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Since 1995, patent terms last for 20 years from the date of application, making the submarining strategy impractical.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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