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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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Navy might have in determining where a vessel is heading before it arrives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Sri Lanka had allowed the Iranian vessel to dock at a north-eastern port on 5 March after hours of discussion, with its president saying they would "never hesitate to protect humanity".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Kpler said that vessel was carrying 31,500 tonnes of methanol and was bound for Sohar in Oman, according to data from its transponder.

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

But March 13, 2011, wasn’t a normal day—the water in the reactor was gone, corium had melted through the reactor vessel, and the primary containment had been breached.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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