vessel
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A further 24 Indian crew were rescued from a ship off Oman's southern coast on Monday after sending a distress call saying the vessel was on fire and sinking following a US strike.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
But it was an interesting kind of thought experiment, it was an interesting, as I said, kind of vessel to place all of the themes into.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The crew contacted the Omani navy and another nearby vessel asking to be rescued, according to distress calls heard by BBC Verify.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Butterly’s little sculptures, each only a few inches high, often begin with a readymade cast that yields traditional vessel shapes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In order for the Erebus to make its way through the thickest ice fields, the British Admiralty equipped the vessel with a fifteen-ton, twenty-five horsepower railroad locomotive engine.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing vessel
The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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