vessel
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“From the beginning, the conceit was to summon all the types of experiences of Blackness in one place, the project being a vessel or container for all of that expression,” Halsey says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Preventive steps could include educating commercial vessel operators, adjusting ferry routes, or implementing speed restrictions in high-risk areas.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
You want to untether your consciousness from its physical vessel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The wreck is believed to be the dredging vessel Withern, which sank in 1926, but its identity has never been confirmed.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, but it was not the first sub to be used in wartime, nor was it the first to attack an enemy vessel.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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