vessels

Example Sentences

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Even after mines are cleared, private shipowners will be reluctant to send vessels back where they’ve been trapped for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Nine days later, Islam tried again as Iran said the strait would be "completely open" for all commercial vessels in line with the ceasefire.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Washington pressed Oman to cut diplomatic ties with Iran, citing an intelligence assessment that Muscat planned to toll vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Some ship owners may be reluctant to let their vessels return to such a volatile region after finally retrieving them, experts say.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

If there were no blood vessels, no rib cage, no muscles holding up my heart to where it beats in my chest, it would’ve fallen out onto the floor.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi