vessel
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On March 5, Sri Lanka took control of the Iranian naval vessel, Irins Bushehr, after it had requested to dock at one of country's ports after one of its engines malfunctioned.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
He has however ruled out vessel escorts under "bombings."
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
“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
Each vessel can carry about 2 million barrels of oil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
It was only a matter of time before the molten corium would eat through the reactor vessel and fall to the floor of the concrete containment chamber.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing vessel
The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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