vessel
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The vessel, which had set off from the Libyan coast, had about 60 people on board at the time of the incident, according to authorities.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"The ship is on the navigation route of other vessels and poses a serious risk in terms of maritime and vessel safety," Polat told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Musselman joined SpaceX in 2022 as an engineering officer on a vessel that retrieved rocket parts that fell into the ocean off the Florida coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
In an emergency, the containment should trap gases that might escape from the inner chambers, but we rely on the reactor vessel to keep a nuclear reaction—and the radiation it produces—contained.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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