ship

Example Sentences

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The first call went out to O'Neill to help steady the ship and steady it he did, handing the reins to new manager Wilfried Nancy in early December.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Another Chinese worker, a 48-year-old on a ship moving Iranian goods to China, described slipping across the strait in late March after being stuck for three weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

A growing number report vessels are running out of food, while 200 seafarers wanted help getting off a ship to go home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Partridge had heard Kate’s spirits make the sounds of a ship at sea and had watched as furniture mysteriously drifted about the parlor.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock