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[ney-vee] / ˈneɪ vi /


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Search and rescue operations continued on Thursday, involving 18 vessels, five helicopters, two drones and an aircraft, as well as a navy vessel conducting underwater searches.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

China's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan blasted as a "provocation".

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Davis, wearing a navy suit and blue tie, sat with his defence team as they questioned why no one had been arrested for nearly three decades and asked why "no one corroborates any of this".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

In addition to a metal fence and a floating barrier installed earlier this week, Morocco had dispatched army officers, navy speedboats and drones to the border on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

When the United States entered World War II, he tried to enlist as a navy pilot.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Until three years ago these kinds of incidents had almost disappeared in this area once notorious for hijackings, following a concerted security operation involving several navies.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

But navies are already taking sea drones into account.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

What’s become apparent, Meade posits, is that control of the oceans through navies is no longer straightforward either.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

Yet the capacity of navies to carry out this type of operation has diminished over the years.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

In just a few years, it will grow by thirty combat divisions and one hundred aircraft squadrons, and its navy will be larger and stronger than the navies of the United States and Britain combined.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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