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submarine

noun as in sub

noun as in sandwich

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Frigates are medium-size warships used for submarine warfare and escorting larger ships, among other tasks.

He continues to favor Telekom Malaysia for its extensive fiber infrastructure, submarine cable network and solid balance sheet.

The team initially assumed the device was part of a navigational marker, but later suspected it resembled a sonobuoy - an acoustic monitoring device, often used to detect submarines.

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Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.

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These systems are already used as GPS backups and on submarines, which can’t access GPS when underwater.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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