vessel
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One vessel approaches another one, generally at an angle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Chinese forces took measures such as verbal warnings and "electronic jamming" to force the vessel away, it added.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The emptied vessel then returns to Iran—or at least used to, before the blockade—while the newly laden one steams on to China.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The catastrophic explosion occurs when a pressurized vessel containing a liquid ruptures.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Off the coast of Greenland, Kane and his crew were finally rescued by a passing merchant ship and later transferred to the American rescue vessel.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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